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To: Vigilanteman
He didn't define "right".

According to Websters 1828 dictionary:

"RIGHT, n.

1. Conformity to the will of God...

2. Conformity to human laws..."

Going down to:

"10. Just claim; immunity; privilege. All men have a right to the secure enjoyment of life, personal safety, liberty and property. We deem the right of trial by jury invaluable, particularly in the case of crimes. Rights are natural, civil, political, religious, personal, and public." (Emphasis added.)

He especially didn't define "the right to property" and what that right might or might not include.

He writes that "...a government that does not follow the rules we set for it has no authority to make rules for us". That's true enough, as are his words "The current regime will not even obey its own laws, much less the laws of God or the Constitution". However, to over simplify, the rules we set for government have to do with voting on issues, directly or indirectly through representatives who are put in position by voting. That's how the civil-political-public rights from the definition above come to exist. Our problem is that we have been losing "votes" for a very long time.

I've over simplified some here to keep this short, but I think he over simplified too.

23 posted on 02/26/2014 8:00:41 PM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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To: KrisKrinkle
“Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.”

-Calvin Coolidge
25 posted on 02/26/2014 8:05:48 PM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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