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To: A.J.Armitage
So, you agreed to the following:

1. Government should enforce all rights but it should acknowledge different categories of rights violations and treat them differently (#79, your first two paragraphs). I assume that laws would need to be passed by elective legislative bodies to draw such distinctions with adequate precision.

2. When less than the established amount of government is desired by a segment of the population, that segment may wind down the government that applies to them, provided no rights are violated (#81).

3. When a segment of the population desires to charge the government with more than its established function, that segment may institute those additional government powers, provided no rights are violated (#79, last paragraph).

It seems to me that you agreed to every element of a government established by consent of the governed.

82 posted on 03/08/2002 7:01:19 AM PST by annalex
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To: annalex
It seems to me that you agreed to every element of a government established by consent of the governed.

Well, no, I haven't. I do support the republican form of government, but my position wouldn't change in any fundamental way if I were a monarchist. You see, if the people consent to protect rights, I'm all for that, but if they consent to violate rights, they have no authority to do that.

83 posted on 03/08/2002 12:49:14 PM PST by A.J.Armitage
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