Believe or not Mike, in my opinion, you ask VERY good questions!! Because through those questions, we dissect this very animal called .... "America". In fact, if you did not bring up these issues ... I'd think you as "a little strange". :)
First, let's take this thing about making anthrax ... and the neighbor killing his children. Believe it or not ... you HAVE the "right" to do these things!! REALLY!! In the Constitution days, however, something a little strange happened. It was the "teaching of correct principles". From the time kids were born, they were taught those "strange" concepts of ... of COURSE .. you take that candy, you pay for it. Or, you hurt somebody .. you DESERVED to be punched back. "You've been given great service son .... WHAT DO YOU SAY??". "Thank you". We knew basic concepts of right and wrong. So even though ... yes ... we have the "right" to make anthrax ... or kill our kids .... why would we?? We loved our neighbors ... so why would we risk hurting them with anthrax?? In other words, because we "loved" our neighbor ... we took the time ... studying the wind. Checking launch angles. Making DAMN sure our rocket would not land in our neighbors yard. SELF-GOVERNANCE Mike ... THAT was the "law". Knowing right from wrong ... caring internally about other ... passing these concepts on to our children. Starting it young. That's what missing in society today Mike. And FOOLISHLY , we're replacing it with guns ... cops ... wildly strict laws ... stupidly complicated business contracts ... the UN ... international laws ... and bombs. As the saying goes, "Love cannot be legislated". To solve most of our problems here Mike ... we must start at the beginning. Where the problem all started. For each parent ... to look into themselves. To look past the hatred, the prejudice, the propaganda, etc ... etc. And to pass these basic concepts ... to our children. To take PARENTAL "right" and "responsibility" in teaching each our own children ... these principles. Take the Constitutions ... but also take the Bible ... the Quoran ... all the doctrinal stuff in each society. And you will find that, after you cut away all the BS ... each teach a very similar "love thy neighbor" theme. Hope this answer your question about having the "right" to do things. Having the "right" to own a gun ... does not "automatically" mean "therefore" I will go buy gun/go to liquor store/kill clerk. Curtis --- Michael S Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So, if I want to produce some anthrax in my basement, I have that right? That would be news to me. So if your neighbor decides to kill his children, that would be okay with you? Saddam has used chemical weapons to kill entire villages of Kurds. Do you think your neighbor is allowed by the Constitution to kill his kids with sarin and mustard gas? No, a person does not have the right to do whatever he wants on his property. The Constitution guarantees Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, not the right to do what you want on your property. Taking someone's life (i.e. dropping sarin gas on them) would be a violation of the very first one of those guarantees - Life. ===== Get your free newsletter at http://www.ezinfocenter.com/3122155/NL __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Home Selling? Try Us! http://us.click.yahoo.com/QrPZMC/iTmEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
