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Re: New Web Page
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Date: 
Fri, 14 May 1999 22:37:48 GMT
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John DiRienzo wrote:
<snip>
> 
>    Why we have this right.  If any person attempts to or does impose his
> will on another by using force of any kind, such as a fist, a big stick, a
> gun, a bomb, a missile or any type of weapon it is WRONG.  Using force on
> another is wrong because it causes one man to do that which he does not want
> to do - it infringes his own liberty - he is not acting freely.  That is
> wrong, or unjust, or broken, or evil.  No matter how much it occurs, in this
> country or any other, and no matter the scale, it is wrong.  This is not
> debatable.  Without the (what the individual deems necessary) means to
> defend one's self, a man can not be certain that he will always be able to
> act according to his own free will, which he has the right to do.  As with
> any other rights we have, to take away this right is wrong.  To impose
> restrictions on this right is wrong.  I hold these truths to be self
> evident, as did the intellectuals in America in the late 18th century.  Some
> things change, some never should.  Thanks

Well said and very libertarian, thank you.

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  Re: New Web Page
 
Christopher L. Weeks wrote in message <373C485D.E0DE68AA@c...ri.edu>... (...) Probably so, but less traumatic than being shot or worse, killed. Thats the how I feel about it - I don't want to be killed or even shot. Anyone want to argue with that? (...) (27 years ago, 14-May-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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