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Old 04-25-2007, 03:56 PM   #55
Radar
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Join Date: Dec 2002
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Originally Posted by piercehawkeye45 View Post
Everyone is born with rights but once you join a society you give up some rights to be accepted in the society.
False. Your rights end where another person's begin, but you do not "give up" your rights to be accepted in society. Society has no rights. Society is a collection of individuals. Individuals have no legitimate authority or power to deny another person to exercise their rights. They therefore can't legitimately grant this power to government.
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