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To: Roscoe
Libertarian doctrine holds that the 13th Amendment is an infringement of the absolute right of contract, which necessarily includes a right to sell yourself into slavery as well as to buy and sell slaves.

False. Libertarian "doctrine" agrees with the assertion of the Founders that our Rights (especially those to Life and Liberty) are unalienable. One always has the right to enter into contracts for services, but such contracts may also be terminated when and if they become unstaisfactory. A contract freely entered into, even for provision of long-term service, does not constitute slavery: one essential element of slavery is that it is involuntary from the slave's point of view.

649 posted on 09/24/2002 6:03:52 PM PDT by SJC_Libertarian
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To: SJC_Libertarian
"One always has the right to enter into contracts for services, but such contracts may also be terminated when and if they become unstaisfactory." -- SJC_Libertarian


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652 posted on 09/24/2002 6:48:07 PM PDT by Roscoe
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