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[Thomas Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

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