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Old 12-11-2007, 08:41 PM   #10
Radar
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You think he's presenting his argument well?

He has changed his position on society bestowing rights on people. He thinks our rights change based on what the opinion of our rights happen to be. In other words, if Hitler thinks you don't have a right to live and the "society" of Germany agrees, it means you don't have a right to live. He wants to shy away from the right to life. But the right to life is no different than the right to keep and bear arms, the right to private property ownership, or any of our other rights.

Jinx said it brilliantly

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Originally Posted by Jinx
No one gives us our rights. If they could be given (by society, by the king, by whomever) - they would be privileges.
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