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To: Gersh Avery who wrote (6146)	8/13/2007 7:44:17 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13056

To the extent I understand your point, I think I agree with it. Our rights are not limited to legally granted rights. To the extent that a government abuses or ignores people's natural rights to a sufficient degree people have the right to resist. But I don't think court decisions should be made on the basis of non-legal natural rights. As much as I might like any powerful force, including courts, protecting my natural rights, they might decide on an entirely different set of "rights" and enforce them in ways I might find objectionable. Allowing them to decide what rights are, and enforce the decision gives them too much power.