On Dec 11, 2005, at 5:49 AM, Bob W wrote:
It is a lousy construction, but it was deliberate. The right to
freedom is
different from the right not to be enslaved. Most of us in fact
accept that
there is no right to freedom - we accept that if we break certain
laws we
may be imprisoned. But we do not accept that we can be kidnapped
arbitrarily, forced to act against our will without just cause, or
bought
and sold in a marketplace. I'd be interested to know what
responsibilities
we could possibly neglect that would justify our enslavement.
We have the responsibility to oversee our government with great
scrutiny to make sure those we grant limited governing powers do not
usurp greater power and corrupt their offices, and ultimately enact
bad and dangerous laws that can lead to enslavement. All of the
things you cite in your paragraph above can and will happen to us if
we relax out vigilance over government. Most are already happening.
Bob
