That's correct, but that responsibility is not implied by the right. For example, if I fail to watch over the government, and I am subsequently enslaved, I still have the right not to be enslaved. The world is full of slaves, even today, but the fact that they exist does not mean the slaves have lost their right. The fact that people can and do violate or infringe on our rights does not mean that we no longer have them.
-- Cheers, Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob Shell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 December 2005 12:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Update: The fur fellow's feet > > > 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 > > > >
