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To: Texaggie79
Tell me were I derive my right to hire a prostitute. I want a source.

Source:God (and the fact that it is non-violent behavior)

What I want to know, is where the people ceded this right, that should be easy for you to source. Give me one clause of a state constitution that cedes that right.

Then, if you find one you think applies, describe its bounds -- list for me the extremes possible given its mandate. I bet you will find them unending.

Then you can explain why I ceded a boundless bundle of "rights".

If you can declare prostitution illegal because of its auxillary effects, then you could declare McDonalds illegal because of the litter it generates.

Hint:Illegalize the causing of harm, NOT what you deem the 'cause of the cause'.

303 posted on 01/15/2002 2:34:00 PM PST by mindprism.com
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To: mindprism.com
Source:God

Prism? Have you found God? Because if you are still an atheist, you just admited that without God, we have no rights, but those which we perceive.

What I want to know, is where the people ceded this right

When they chose to live or remain in a state that outlawed it.

describe its bounds

The Constitution. That don't seem too unending to me.

Then you can explain why I ceded a boundless bundle of "rights".

By living in the state of your choice. You can't own all the rights to your land, you cannot have the right to break the constitutional laws of the state. so....

If you can declare prostitution illegal because of its auxillary effects

A state can declare prostitution illegal for whatever the people therein wish. I see it as obscene, and a detriment to society, 100 fold over anything McDonalds does.

legalize the causing of harm, NOT what you deem the 'cause of the cause'.

Well see, here is the problem with that: Just as there can still be stupid, destructive laws that are well within the bounds of the Constitution, there can be shattered communities within a free society. Just because your society is free, does not necessarily mean that it will be any better off. People free to waste their lives on hard drugs and sleep around for money can be a great risk, if not the very destroyer of a community. Just as if you were to take away all corporate bylaws and allow them to reign freely, you would usher in the destruction of your economy. Complete freedom, is not always a good thing. We must have structure. For large groups of people to be able to function in communities they need to have common beliefs and values. The anarchical base of a Libertarian society would be the author of its own demise.

306 posted on 01/15/2002 2:47:35 PM PST by Texaggie79
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