> Urmas J??rve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Life, liberty and property. >> >> If the state has the right to dictate what you can do with your body >> that means natural laws are being violated. > > no the state is there to protect your rights from agression, even when > that agression is your own doing. why should you be allowed to commit > agression on yourself and not others? surely life is the standard and > ones own life above all else against which all moral judgements are made? > > Vic > >
They are not being ALLOWED to commit harm to themselves, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoys the exercise of their inherent natural rights. Self-harm violates nobody's rights. The only legitimate function of the government is to secure the rights of the people. That does not mean a person has no legitimate options when others are harming themselves. They just have to rely on nonviolent options. > > > ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Fair play? Video games influencing politics. Click and talk back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/g0CDCD/tzNLAA/cUmLAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
