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Old 06-22-2008, 07:51 PM   #71 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Ancalagon View Post
The crux of any discussion concerning rights is property: who owns the property in question? The government happens to own the roads in society, and so it can set regulations for them. The government does NOT own the bodies of its citizens. Each individual human being owns his own body, and so he/she is the only person who should be able to govern what is done with that body.
I agree with you on most of your points, but this destroys your argument because the govenment can regulate how you use your body to alter the society it is governing, namely how your body use impinges on others' freedoms.

The government steps in when I use my body to fuck your eye sockets, etc.
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