Jim Choate wrote:
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> On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, F. Marc de Piolenc wrote:
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> > Jim Choate wrote:
> > >
> > > Property rights don't exist as absolute human rights.
> >
> > Nonsense. It is impossible to logically separate property rights from
> > the right to life.
>
> I disagree. Life <> Property. One can have life with absolutely no
> property. One can not have property without life.
Simple proof using reductio ad absurdam:
Let us assume you are correct, and the right to life does NOT imply any
right to property.
Consider the following hypothetical (but feasible) scenario:
A stalks B. Whenever B acquires food or drink, A deprives him of it. B
has no right to property, so A has done no wrong.
Eventually, however, B dies of starvation or thirst. A has deprived him
of his life by depriving him only of property, thus refuting the initial
assumption.
Marc de Piolenc
