Curried Goats
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Well this thread triggered the godless heathen Democrats. That our rights don't require government permission drives these government control freaks insane. They want government to control every damn thing in our lives from cradle to grave.

Do you morons think freedom and rights are the same thing? They aren't. Rights are responsibilities. Freedom is the absence of responsibility. You don't need government to have freedom. You can fuck on off into the wilderness and live free with no one telling you what to do. Rights however are an obligation. Your right to life and liberty imposes a responsibility on me to not harm your life and a responsibility on government to hold me accountable if I do. In the wilderness and in absolute freedom if I harm you that's just tough shit. I'm free to do as I please. If you want the protection of rights which is an imposition of responsibility on others then that requires cooperation and agreement and so your rights and responsibilities become whatever we all agree to. That's the real world. If you don't like some laws, convince a big enough majority to agree with you and impose that responsibility on the rest of us. Or fuck off to the wilderness.
