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To: stroll

No, not at all. The state definitely can grant a privilege that one does not possess intrinsically, usually to do with the operation of the state itself. I enumerated them: a privilege to adopt a child who is a ward of the state, or to gain a citizenship. None of these are intrinsic rights. It does not mean I serve the state, merely that I do not wholly control its laws.


50 posted on 10/30/2012 5:11:28 PM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
It does not mean I serve the state

Of course it does. If the state privileges Joe Blow over John Doe because Blow serves its interests better, the state is at its root totalitarian, elevating itself above the people.

51 posted on 11/01/2012 7:06:59 AM PDT by stroll
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