A tenate of Liberty
this is a response to one of my more moderate friends in a private
message. I thought it to be worthy of general publication, so here is a
short excerpt.
One of the main tenants of my philosophy is that we do not have
positive rights but only negative rights. Not the right to have food,
medicine or shelter, but the right not to be assaulted, murdered,
robbed, trespassed against or kidnapped and confined. these
restrictions are not just restrictions against other individuals like
the common criminal, but also the state. the state can not rob me of my
gun (2nd amendment) they can not imprison me for something I have
written or said, or for my religious convictions or who I choose to
keep company with (1st amendment) they can not invade my home to house
soldiers (3rd amendment) nor can they tresspass or steal things from me
(4th amendment [without warrant] ) and so on... but whether I eat or
not, that is more or less up to me, and the tender hearts of my
neighbors family and friends.