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To: VRWC_minion
At my church I have the right to receive communion and vote at church meetings.

Those are not natural rights. They are the activites which you can engage in by mutual consent with others with whom you have voluntarily associated.

At my work I have the right to certify financial statemetnts, represent taxpayers before the IRS, and I have the right to be your investment representative.

Again those are not rights, they are things you have been given approval to do by people with guns or others with whom you have agreed to be associated. I can do all the things you just mentioned with any other consenting adults in the absence of force being applied by others not included in the transaction.

In my town, I have the right to vote for/against taxes and vote for representatives.

Voting is not a natural right. It is a condition imposed upon government to make them fulfill their obligations to those who allow them to have power.

All of the aforementioned rights are granted to me by various groups.

First is was apparent that you were incorrect about the origin of rights, now it is apparent that you are ignorant as to the nature of rights.

431 posted on 03/15/2003 9:58:20 PM PST by Protagoras
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To: Protagoras
You have this rights thing totaly backwards. Did you know that the states existed before the declaration of independence ?

Also, its amazing that when I show you examples of how the state creates property rights you continue to ignore them and stay in denial.

432 posted on 03/16/2003 11:57:26 AM PST by VRWC_minion (Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and most are right)
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