[Eastbound]

"The prohibitionists hold that gov't might is 'right'. -- The 2nd holds that an armed people are right."

The the final arbiter, of course.

Great post, tpaine. Guess I'll have to get my dictionary out. :)

[tpaine]

Adler comments:

"-- The basic issue here -- between the first two answers (both of which appeal to principles of natural justice) and the third (which denies such principles) -- is the deepest, most long-standing issue in jurisprudence or the philosophy of law: the issue between naturalists, on the one hand, and positivists or legalists, on the other. --"
"-- The positivists hold that might is right. --"

--- The issue has always been between those of us who live for the liberty to own & use property as we see fit;
--- and those who decree that they, - and 'society', - have the power to prohibit any property seen as 'unfit'.
The prohibitionists hold that gov't might is 'right'. -- The 2nd holds that an armed people are right.

Thanks for the bump Eastbound.. -- But why the dictionary?