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To: tpaine
Moreover, Domestic Disarmament offers an entirely new vantage point from which to view the firearms issue--from the communitarian context, in which the individual's responsibilities to society are seen as more important than the unlimited exercise of rights.

Not so. Basically the same ol' argument that been going on for the last 100 years.

7 posted on 03/14/2003 6:22:29 PM PST by Jagdgewehr
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To: Jagdgewehr
"Moreover, Domestic Disarmament offers an entirely new vantage point from which to view the firearms issue--from the communitarian context, in which the individual's responsibilities to society are seen as more important than the unlimited exercise of rights."


Not so. Basically the same ol' argument that been going on for the last 100 years.
-JG-

Exactly, and its been going on here at FR for over five years.
-- Closet 'communitarians' abound on this site, - those who argue that some rights must be limited for just ~their~ single issue, of course.
- The fact is, - that once the prohibition camel has its nose in the tent on one issue, the game is up for grabs on the rest.
39 posted on 03/14/2003 11:13:17 PM PST by tpaine
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