[P2P-F] Libertarians

[Kevin Carson]

On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Natalie Golovin <10natalie at cox.net> wrote:
> Convoluted  I’m a human citizen of the US which through its Constitution
> grants its citizens a certain set of rights & privileges. It has 3
> branches-Executive, Legislative & Judicial and a border that is “generally”
> respected and would be defended militarily if aggressively attacked. I
> consider myself fortunate to be a citizen of a country that confers human
> rights on its citizens- a rare thing. A human without a nation has no
> rights-privileges or security.

I believe I have my rights by nature of my birth as a human being, not
as a result of their being "granted" or "conferred" by any government.
 The U.S. government, at most, recognizes -- or rather, pays lip
service -- to these rights.

And the wording of the Bill of Rights itself refers to "persons," not
citizens, and has been widely understood since the beginning to
require due process of law for all persons residing under the state's
jurisdiction.
-- 
Kevin Carson
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