Recent content by FreedByte

Ah, I meant to say "Founders", not US government. Either way my statement holds, I was just pointing out that it's arbitrary. Despite believing that it's arbitrary, I still think that life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is a good motto to follow. I was trying to encourage critical...

What does everyone here think of this recent news? Immigration Ruling Leaves Millions in Limbo; Obama to Appeal - WSJ

Alright then, I thought we were discussing a core libertarian principle and its validity, but apparently that thought was not mutual.

You might want them to be, but not all governments grant their people those rights. Then is it a coincidence that you happen to agree with the US government's definitions? The government does get to define what it means because it is the only enforcer. On the contrary, it is a very...

Yes it rings bells, but it's still arbitrary. What if the government defined it as something else? What if the government said that "treading on" someone doesn't include treading on their property if they aren't putting that property to use or aren't occupying that property?

In some ways, yes (the civil and social sense). If this is only for people who are libertarian across the board, I will happily leave.

But how do you determine what rights we have? Isn't it arbitrary?

Hi and welcome! And in response, that seems pretty vague to me, what constitutes treading on someone else?

Absence of evidence for one religion over another.

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