The people decide, collectively. Borders only limit it to which people can decide. Why should I play by a set of rules I had no part in making simply because I was born inside an arbitrary set of lines on someone else's map? One law: do not harm anyone except in self defense. Your rights stop where mine start.
You seem to think that borders stop wars by keeping people apart. I think if you draw a line in the sand, sooner or later you will have a fight over who can cross it. If the line doesn't exist, then no fight occurs. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Michael Dinowitz <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to the question that has caused more wars and drunken philosophers > than any other. > > But this comes directly back to the question of borders. Without them, who > decides what laws exist, what rights exist, etc. In America we have a > fiction that the laws/government are controlled by the people. We elect > those who we want to govern as we want. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:286210 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
