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Old 03-09-2007, 06:10 PM   #1
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Dana, I don't buy "natural rights", any more than I do "evil".
Fair enough :P I was just rehashing Paine
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Old 03-11-2007, 05:20 PM   #2
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Dana, can you define which rights you feel we surrender to the government and which rights we retain to steward ourselves?
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Old 03-11-2007, 05:23 PM   #3
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Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them.
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