To: Tailgunner Joe
"The Right to life, like liberty, is inalienable. Just as we may not choose to relinquish our liberty and sell ourselves, nor may we relinquish our right to life and choose to die."
Except that we own ourselves and have a right to live or not live if we wish. I do not a priori owe anybody my life. If I believe my life is no longer worth living, but I am forced to continue living despite my wishes, then my life no longer belongs to me, but to the Mob. I live by permission of the state, not as a right.
97 posted on
07/08/2005 10:42:42 PM PDT by
CarolinaGuitarman
("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
To: CarolinaGuitarman
If you want to kill yourself, then you are not of sound mind, not fit to make decisions for yourself and you should be watched closely to make sure you are prevented from hurting yourself.
100 posted on
07/08/2005 10:51:46 PM PDT by
Tailgunner Joe
("Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people" - John Adams)
To: CarolinaGuitarman; Tailgunner Joe
Except that we own ourselves and have a right to live or not live if we wish.
Wrong. Unalienable rights can be infringed upon, but never abrogated, not even by the rights-holder. Otherwise it wouldn't be an unalienable right.
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