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  • From: Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Re: Raleigh City Council USA PATRIOT Act Resolution Update
  • Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 21:56:36 -0500

James Dasher wrote:
On Tuesday, Mar 9, 2004, at 20:58 US/Eastern, Phillip Rhodes wrote:
For numerous reasons, I think that a reinvigoration of property rights would stem the tide of invasive legislation - seat-belt laws, grade school zero-tolerance policies, zoning ordinances - that limit the individual exercise of liberty. A sort of "right to property" to replace the "right to privacy", if you will.

I would prefer a government of "We, the People" to one of "We, their Stuff". Property right is only one aspect of human rights. Focusing on property to an extreme tends to shove other important values such as community and mutual responsibility to the rear. <Insert sermon on avarice and greed.> And then you get Disney and other entertainment conglomerates, trying to propertize our very culture.

The concept of property itself contains the illusion of permanence. Property is a bundle of rights, it gives you limited control, but the components of that bundle are not absolute. They change with time and circumstance. And ultimately, you die.

My $0.02 for the day.

TaB




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