Rights vs Privileges 1/5

Do we really have rights or does the government just grant us privileges? Michael Badnarik tells us his conclusion based on years of studying the Constitution.

Visit constitutionpreservation.org and pick up his twelve hour class on dvd and the companion book "It's Good To Be King" if you would like to but aren't able to attend one of his classes.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• michael
• badnarik
• constitution
• rights
• liberty
• freedom
• grassroots
• ron
• paul

[longfootbuddy]

suppose your land is surrounded by others land, dont you have a right to cross theyr land to get to and from your land?...if not your imprisoned

[mrdivot22]

@longfootbuddy I don't believe a tract of land of any size can be sold if there is no access, public or private. There must be an easement whether from an adjoining property or to a street. If you have no access, you certainly couldn't develop it.

Unless you bought it hoping a developer would turn the area into something else, there wouldn't be much point in owning it.

[JohnnyUtah256]

Anything granted by the government can be taken away. The only rights we have are the ones we defend and refuse to surrender.

[peepnklown]

Michael Badnarik's book is a must read and his class is a must own on DVD.

[mjt1517]

@JohnnyUtah256 Read the Declaration of Independence. The American concept of rights is that they do not originate in the government. Therefore, they are inalienable.

[longfootbuddy]

@malcolmxxxtdevils yeah, mrdivot22 pointed that out, and i then i recalled hearing about it

[vidfreak56]

Yes a persons power is what makes him or her desire to use it, hence they desire a world where they can use it freely. This is where your concept of a right comes into play. By inspiring others to desire "rights", theyll feel more entitled to protect it. Its no different from what muslim extremists do when they think that allah wills them to kill. Rights and god simply enable men and women to behave immorally and have an excuse to do so.

[malcolmxxxtdevils]

@vidfreak56 Been good chatting with you..Yes the Power..haha.

[vidfreak56]

@malcolmxxxtdevils LOL you better have the power to back that up! Ill come onto anyones land if I want to. The fact that they believe it means only that they have to protect it. If you cant protect it, then you dont get it, simple as that. Life is about who has the power, not who has a right.

[malcolmxxxtdevils]

@vidfreak56 no.im simply saying that i believe if you want to think that way then so what?I have stated what i have wanted to state.Thats it as far as i am concerned...By the way dont you are not allowed on my land!LOL

[vidfreak56]

@malcolmxxxtdevils This is an example of a privilege. You are acting as an authority on what my rights are by telling me what my rights are. You project that onto me, so therefore you grant me those rights by extension. I dont have to worry about you taking my "right" to think (which is my desire only), since you extend me the courtesty of doing so freely. I do so in return only if you dont pose a threat to me with your thoughts. Now try and answer me in more than one sentence plz.

[vidfreak56]

@malcolmxxxtdevils Ah so if all else fails, repeat indoctrination and im supposed to just fall in line? One sentence thoughts clearly proves you dont care to think about things. Its only my mind because I desire it to be. Your doing what is called projection. YOU DESIRE MY MIND TO BELONG TO ME so you include that belief in converstation. Its my right to think? LOL thats mans way of realizing that thought isnt a threat, just as long as you dont act. LOLOLOLOLOLOL

[malcolmxxxtdevils]

@vidfreak56 Thats your thoughts on the matter..Your mind..That belongs to you..That is your right to think that way :)

[vidfreak56]

And I realize that you have your own definitions, so if you mean that your thoughts are "yours" in the sense that they come from you and may be "unique" (although thats arguable), then yes, you can say your thoughts are yours. You do not own them though (in the sense that they exclusively belong to you and cant or shouldnt be thought by anyone else). No one had to say that their thought belonged to them until the concept of intellectual property was created.