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To: Rodney King
There is no just philosophy that empowers men to govern over those who do not consent to be governed by them.

Amen.

474 posted on 04/06/2002 6:18:15 AM PST by PistolPaknMama
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To: PistolPaknMama
There is no just philosophy that empowers men to govern over those who do not consent to be governed by them.

Maybe or maybe not. I am not familiar with every philosophy that has been contrived. But there is the possiblity of a just philosophy for governing those who do not consent to be governed.

It would include elements from the following:

1. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men,...

2. The concept that Rights are constrained by other Rights (My right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins and all that.)

3. Some concept of mercy.

What this comes down to is that if you don't agree that your right to swing your fist ends with my nose, and you act upon that, I will govern you, regardless of your consent, by force of some kind if necessary, to make you stop. Or I will have the government institluted to secure my rights do it on my behalf.

Or, if you want to eliminate mercy from the above, you can be executed.

If "There is no just philosophy that empowers men to govern over those who do not consent to be governed by them," then everyone imprisoned must be freed and if they insist on infringing upon the rights of others, executed.

484 posted on 04/06/2002 10:28:59 AM PST by KrisKrinkle
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