At 06:01 PM 4/12/2008, you wrote:
Wrong, the whole theory of individual rights is just as much an
abstract as community is. If you don't think so, then the alternative
is the law of jungle, or as Mr. Shirley says, the person with the
biggest hammer. Just because we are moving back in the direction of the
law of the jungle, doesn't mean that all rule of law (or abstracts) is a
scam, it only means that what passes for rule of law today is.
Goat
Wraith wrote:
Goat, you moved from individuals to their rights. Of course those are
abstracts. But its the entire basis of rights theory. The difference is
between first level applications(individuals) and second level applications(
Community, Society, The Greater Good). Politicians are MASTERS of obfuscation,
re-direction, manipulation and deception. They *want* people to confuse the
different concepts and sequences involved...Then they laugh all the way
to the bank. As for the Rule of Law...Do you really want to open that
can of worms? The Law, tends to be little more than the collective whims
of who ever happened to be in power at a given time. Some are all too
fond of taking the "jungle" argument. But that's simply an appeal to
fear, and ignorance. Its used to justify the State, in all of its various
guises. The reality is rather different. A great example of the use of fear,
is what our current Dear Leader and his Neo Con cabal have been able
to pull off, with damn little effective opposition. Slick Willy was bad, but
Good King George makes him look like a piker in terms of shredding the
Bill of Rights and ignoring the Constitution. All by playing on peoples
fear and hatred. It doesn't have to be like that.
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