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People protest a lot of things about government, but rarely its monopolization of so-called justice Governmental tyranny boils down to violating property rights If those in government were truly concerned about your rights, they wouldn't be the first ones to infringe on them The epic myth of Libertarian slavery by Kevin Joseph Tull http://www.libertyforall.net/?p=3018 BIG UPDATE regarding Daniel's enslavement in the Navy (HE'S BEEN RELEASED): http://immoralityofwar.blogspot.com/2009/09/day-131-end-of-my-military-enslavement.html Military contracts are invalid, as they are not based on freedom GTMO prisoners who are depraved of due process are used as a tool for political fear-mongering The U.S. military, via politicians, creates blowback threats to Americans, while violating their (and others') property rights in the process The real issue is the rights-violations perpetrated by those in government; government itself is the main problem regarding threats to our lives and well-being Psych 101: Locking up individuals for years without any due process would naturally foster homicidal (and suicidal) thoughts in them All rights originate from property, first and foremost self-ownership Imagine government running the cell phone industry...of course, the FCC and lobbyists have done a number on it already The FCC extortionist and regulatory racket, which ultimately costs consumers billions and results in greatly inferior services: http://wireless.fcc.gov/auctions/default.htm?job=auction_factsheet&id=73 http://cases.som.yale.edu/spectrum/ http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9955376-7.html The fantasy of monopolistic justice will remain so Returning to the four pieces of paper (the USC) won't fix the moral contradiction of government You cannot be required to obey a contract once you disagree with it, which would be acting as if you no longer have volition In other words, you can't sign--and bind yourself to--a valid contract without your consent throughout the entire contractual term Walter Block's monstrous contractual contradiction: Privatizing Rivers and Voluntary Slave Contracts by Walter Block http://www.lewrockwell.com/block/block134.html (links to his other papers within) Using volition to deny volition involves concept-stealing: http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/stolen_concept--fallacy_of.html You have to be exercising volition in order to keep a contract, so a contract of enslavement is both unjust and epistemologically absurd Clarity of concepts is key... http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/epistemology.html http://aynrandlexicon.com/lexicon/definitions.html People who use, or advocate the use of, initiatory force against others (or even themselves) exempt themselves from rational, volitional discussion Excluding competition in the realm of justice is itself a form of injustice - http://www.logicallearning.net/libertylaissez-f.html Why are you doing this to me? Why do you hate me so much? by samadamscw http://www.dailypaul.com/node/105656 Jan Helfeld checkmates Bill Richardson on Government and Rights http://www.janhelfeld.com/video/35/bill-richardson-on-goverment-and-rights.html Stefan Molyneux checkmate