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Politics : The Castle
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To: Neocon who wrote (982)1/17/2003 4:27:53 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) of 7936
 
They are your property, but do you have the right to demand that the state enforce your right, and if so how? I'm minded of the case earlier last century in which the issue was the legality of racially exclusionary provisions in a subdivision. Can't remember whether it excluded blacks, or jews, or both, but in any case somebody proposed selling to one of the prohibited persons and the neighbors went to court to stop it. The upshot was that the exclusionary provision was legal, that people could control what they did with their property, and could sign those agreements if they wanted to. But the court would not enforce them since they were against public policy. So they had a legal right, but fat lot of good it did them.
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