On 7/13/05, boblq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is not "rights" that are involved. It is power.
I don't believe you. You can call me naive, if you must, but I don't believe that any modern intelligent person can base their political philosophy on power. It's self-defeating; its futility has been proven by countless philosophers and at least 200 years of real world experience. Rights are real, and the word doesn't belong in scare quotes. Rights are something inherent to humans, and ignoring them in a quest for power will get you what ignoring the real world always gets you. Planes don't fly without obeying the laws of aerodynamics, information isn't transferred without understanding the protocol, and societies don't live unless their members' rights are recognized and respected. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
