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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (1225)	12/30/2002 9:13:26 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 15987

Maurice.You said....." Here's a summary. The reconstituted United Nations I seek should be along the same lines. <INDIVIDUAL SOVEREIGNTY Each individual is the owner of his own life and has the right to live it as he sees fit, subject only to the requirement that he respect the right of others to do the same. PERSONAL FREEDOM & RESPONSIBILITY Just as each person is free to make his own choices in life, so too must he take responsibility for the choices he makes. PRIVATE PROPERTY Each person has the right to create or lawfully acquire property -- real, intellectual or physical -- and to control its use. VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION All interaction among adult human beings, in all spheres of life, should be voluntary. NON-INITIATION OF FORCE The only acts that may properly be banned in any free society are those which involve the initiation of force or fraud by one party against another. COMMON LAW The only laws that can properly be justified in any free society are those which protect people and their property from the initiation of force or fraud, or which uphold voluntary contractual agreements among citizens. LIMITED GOVERNMENT The only legitimate function of government is to uphold these principles. CAPITALISM The only economic system consistent with these principles is the free market."..... Would be nice....Problem as I see it would be that someone has to control the force required to uphold these laws. I have always felt at times that the difference between us in the so called free world and the worlds dictatorships is that we at least get to vote in a new dictator every so many years....but hey it's still the best around. Lorne....Enjoy your posts......So far. :o)