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To: Sun Tzu who wrote (167393)	7/27/2005 10:48:34 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

When someone uses the term ‘tyranny’, I consider the natural rights endowed to us all on the basis of our personhood. To the extent that an entity intends to deny any of those rights to a person, it is tyrannous. The struggle of one system of order against another, whether it is corporate competition or political conflict does not by itself qualify as tyranny. Where the power or wealth of the USA may be used to protect and promote the relatively peaceful, prosperous, and free conditions in the world, it is justified. Where it would be used to oppress others to further purely economic advantage, it must be condemned.