this goes towards ideology and political preferences although i don't respect your point of view, i do respect your right to have it and i'm not going to go further into this, since we've stopped making sense and started throwing propaganda towards each other if you like you can always act as if my brain finally fried, (act of god?) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Koen van Hees E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] LdV/Partners Ad Agency http://www.ldv.com Balansstraat 117 B-2018 Antwerp (Belgium) T: +32-3-2410250 F: +32-3-2487344 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > -----Original Message----- > From: Paul Mullen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: donderdag 14 mei 1998 11:04 > To: Web Consultants > Subject: WC:>: RE: Y2K survival guide (WAY OFF TOPIC) > > >if you want to open a book on "drugs", be my guest, but imo there's > nothing > >more loathsome than killing a fellow human beings > > Who would disagree? > > >if i ever have to kill in order to save me/mine, i hope i can, but i > won't > >consider it a godgiven right, is just pure survival instinct, actually as > > Killing another human being is not the god-given right I speak of. The > god-given right is the ability to preserve your own life and liberty using > whatever means necessary, and if your life or your livelihood are in > imminent danger, that right extends to the use of force. How anyone could > honestly confuse one idea for the other is beyond me. > > >far from any godlike capacities as can be, and i hope i'll never have to > >kill to defend "property", because if then i'll ever meet a god, i won't > >know what to say > > How do you justify the idea that the preservation of one's own life (a > precious gift freely given to us for no apparent merit of our own; and > this must stand no matter what your religious conviction) is "as far from > any godlike capacities as can be?" The only thing nobler than fighting for > your life and liberty (when necessary) is laying down your own life to > preserve another's. > > >fyi: i smoke mariuhana and once in a year i do mushrooms (i consider it > >internal housecleaning), but i don't "do" alcohol or any other > >mind-body-damaging drug > > And everyone knows that mushrooms are a harmless little diversion. 'FYI,' > I don't believe the state has the right to regulate drug use, either, at > least not to the extent that your habit has no effect on me. Go ahead and > fry your brain. I think it's a tragic waste of the gift of life, but far > be it from me to force my will upon you (and I wouldn't think of > attempting to interfere with natural selection). If, however, you should > happen to infringe upon my natural rights to life, liberty and the pursuit > of happiness as a result of your being under the influence of a chemical > substance, then that's another story. > > >btw i still think my proposal is far more funny than buying a gun > > How sad. > > > *--**-****---- > Paul Mullen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.chaparral.los-angeles.ca.us/ > > "Each of us has a natural right--from God--to defend his person, his > liberty, and his property. These are the three basic requirements of life, > and the preservation of any one of them is completely dependent upon the > preservation of the other two. For what are our faculties but the > extension of our individuality? And what is property but an extension of > our faculties?" -- Frederic Bastiat, _The_Law_ [read it. it'd do you > good.] > > ____________________________________________________________________ > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now > Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants > If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done > directly from our website for all our lists. > --------------------------------------------------------------------- ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The Web Consultants Association : Register on our web site Now Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants If you lose the instructions All subscription/unsubscribing can be done directly from our website for all our lists. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
