Originally Posted by The_Dunedan

Lastly, this debate is not fundamentally a practical one; it i a debate of principal. Anti-Rights activists and gun-banners believe that I ( and everyone else ) lack the intelligence, morality, cognence, or common sense to govern and protect ourselves. I and those like me believe that the vast, vast majority of people are more than capable of taking care of themselves. Anti-Rights activists believe that they should be in control of Situation X ( guns, drugs, free speech, etc ) because only -they- are smart/competant/wise enough to handle it. I believe that this naked lust for power proves them totally unworthy of my trust, my money, or my obediance. I don't go in for grovelling to Massa and asking permission to live like a free human being.