Hamish Campbell
2[H]4U
- Joined
- May 15, 2006
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My rights are granted by God. Try to take them from me and you'll see how far my rights extend, as well as my talons. Try to take them from those I love and I'll gut you on the spot. If you don't believe in God and use that as an excuse to try to take my rights I can arrange a personal introduction for you.
As for the State... read the Constitution, and the Declaration of Independence. Try to get the concept of "consent of the governed" through all that pinko crap you've been spoon fed. If you're a statist socialist yourself, then understand this. You and those like you are going to learn the hard way that those who truly love liberty are not going to give it up without a fight. King George learned this the hard way a few hundred years ago.
I can't help but at the ultra-patriot rhetoric. No one's treading on you. The irony of the bizarre religious justifications of murder you've injected here is that there's a commandment made of all people. It says "Thou Shalt not Kill".
Even if you believe rights come from god, you must realize they're only ever put to paper in documents written by man, i.e. the state. Therefore, the liberty you enjoy is granted, defined, and protected by the state's law. In fact, the concept of "rights" is entirely a human invention. The rights granted by authority of the state are all any person on earth really has. Absent that, there is anarchy; Where you'd have freedom to move and do, but only insofar as no one else arbitrarily wanted to stop you.
You suggested we hold in contempt anyone who "threatens" liberty. Understand though that liberty is a malleable thing. Its boundaries have shifted under the weight of the changing circumstance of history. We've certainly seen that over the past 12 years in this country. The liberty you enjoy hasn't and may not always be there. If you don't like that, threaten to vote, not kill.