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To: Dayuhan who wrote (29096)	1/25/1999 9:08:00 PM
From: Father Terrence	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Steve: Here is the basic definition of liberty: the right to pursue personal happiness without any interference from the State as long as it does not infringe on the defined rights of other individuals. Other rights include: the right to one's own personal life (what the anti-abortionist's ignore in their crusade against a woman's right to control her own body);the right to own property; the right to privacy, etc. war to impose ones own definition of liberty on other members of your own society - who may define liberty differently - is a different matter. Here you refer to civil war. Members who define liberty differently than that outlined in the basic agreements that founded this country are not voicing a differing opinion, but are in essence at war with the philosophy and ideals that formed the basis of the USA originally. War to defend the rights of another society, which may have a totally different conception of rights, is generally pretty foolish... War to defend the rights of individuals in another society who have asked for our help and with whom we have agreements to go to their aid already in place, are honorable, not foolish. I don't think we had a previous agreement in place before the invasion, but Granada comes to mind. FT