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To: jwalsh07

All of your rights are limited to the extent that they cannot impenge on the rights of others. It is the business of government to codify and enforce those limitations.

No government is perfect. We have institutions to minimise the power of government, but we generally agree to accept laws whether they are perfect or not.


193 posted on 08/22/2005 2:47:22 PM PDT by js1138 (Science has it all: the fun of being still, paying attention, writing down numbers...)
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To: js1138
All of your rights are limited to the extent that they cannot impenge on the rights of others. It is the business of government to codify and enforce those limitations.

Like so may you conflate inalienable rights, liberty interests and civil law. The problem seems to be the opinion that everything is a fundamental inalienable right, it's not. An inalienable right to life or property necessarily means that you can't impinge on somebody elses, that should be self evident. It doesn't however restrcit ones right to his own life or property. See the difference?

No government is perfect. We have institutions to minimise the power of government, but we generally agree to accept laws whether they are perfect or not.

Read the DOI again JS. Pay attention to "rights" and the "purpose of government".

199 posted on 08/22/2005 2:55:23 PM PDT by jwalsh07
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