Do You Own a Gun?

piercehawkeye45 · 05-31-2007, 08:22 AM

No, most Native Americans didn't own property and were perfectly content with that even when they knew that the white settlers did it. They chose not too because they didn't think it was necessary to their way of life, so it wasn't a right in their culture.

I am pretty sure every culture can agree on the right to life so I won't go into that but if a culture agrees that they don't want to have "the right to own property" as a right, why should we tell them they are wrong? They are just living a different lifestyle than you are with different perspectives on how they should live.

No human ever owned property until the agriculture revolution 10,000 -12,000 years ago. Were the people before that too stupid to not realize that they could own property? No, of course not, they were just as smart as us, just that their lifestyle didn't demand the need to own property so it wasn't a right to them.

What you are doing is telling them that their culture and way of life is wrong which is outrageous. If they want to live their lives without owning property then it is up to them. If they want to adopt our lifestyle then fine, let them. Just don't tell them they are wrong because I guarantee many will think they same about yours.

What you are saying is that humans are somewhat special in the universe. It’s hard to accept but humans don't mean anything to the universe and we are nothing to it except another animal. We are no better than any other animal on this planet, then why should we have natural rights? The only explanation is that we think we are better, so we made up rights to satisfy that thought.

View Poll Results: Do you own a gun?
Yes	27	42.86%
No	36	57.14%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

05-31-2007, 08:22 AM	#11
piercehawkeye45 Franklin Pierce Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 3,695	No, most Native Americans didn't own property and were perfectly content with that even when they knew that the white settlers did it. They chose not too because they didn't think it was necessary to their way of life, so it wasn't a right in their culture. I am pretty sure every culture can agree on the right to life so I won't go into that but if a culture agrees that they don't want to have "the right to own property" as a right, why should we tell them they are wrong? They are just living a different lifestyle than you are with different perspectives on how they should live. No human ever owned property until the agriculture revolution 10,000 -12,000 years ago. Were the people before that too stupid to not realize that they could own property? No, of course not, they were just as smart as us, just that their lifestyle didn't demand the need to own property so it wasn't a right to them. What you are doing is telling them that their culture and way of life is wrong which is outrageous. If they want to live their lives without owning property then it is up to them. If they want to adopt our lifestyle then fine, let them. Just don't tell them they are wrong because I guarantee many will think they same about yours. What you are saying is that humans are somewhat special in the universe. It’s hard to accept but humans don't mean anything to the universe and we are nothing to it except another animal. We are no better than any other animal on this planet, then why should we have natural rights? The only explanation is that we think we are better, so we made up rights to satisfy that thought.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)