[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?

[Eastbound]

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

Bookmarked for later.

The prohibitionists are fully aware where the true power lies, but utilize incrementalism to keep from swarming the hive. It's been working well.