These conflicts seem to have a lot to do with what’s going on in the world today, and the United States government seems to think that our rights are equivalent to privileges, while in other countries you don’t have rights at all.
For example, while a civil union may not violate your rights, marriage does(the state is involved), though it is legal due to our unlimited freedom to contract.
Another example is a drivers license–technically, until we sign the contracts we can use a motor vehicle any way we see fit until we are endangering someone else’s rights. Although I am against the concept I like the actual product–except for the choice problems such as its other affronts to our rights–they can search your vehicle, registration(the governments rental on your car<must mean that they own at least part of it>), etc.
In a Democracy you have the privileges granted to you by the majority, while in a Republic you have inalienable rights that arise from property.
And what about this whole fiasco with the federal reserve?
We are conditioned from a young age to think that our money is produced by the government, that income tax actually goes to reasonable uses, and yet we complain about the issue of inflation. Basically the federal reserve, a private entity, is constantly stealing from us and yet we do nothing.
I don’t really have enough space on the first page to cover it all, nor do I know enough to do so, therefore I now turn it over to my fellow unicyclists.
What do you think?
Discuss and I will be on hand to argue:D
Back up what you write, it’s no fun debating with someone who doesn’t know what they’re talking about.
Another example is a drivers license–technically, until we sign the contracts we can use a motor vehicle any way we see fit until we are endangering someone else’s rights. Although I am against the concept I like the actual product–except for the choice problems such as its other affronts to our rights–they can search your vehicle, registration(the governments rental on your car<must mean that they own at least part of it>), etc.
In a Democracy you have the privileges granted to you by the majority, while in a Republic you have inalienable rights that arise from property.
And what about this whole fiasco with the federal reserve?
We are conditioned from a young age to think that our money is produced by the government, that income tax actually goes to reasonable uses, and yet we complain about the issue of inflation. Basically the federal reserve, a private entity, is constantly stealing from us and yet we do nothing.
Isnt a drivers licence just a permit that allows you to take your vehicle on government controled property. I dont think we have a “right” to drive on the road. It is definitely a priviledge.
Just because you register your car does not mean the government owns it. that is a silly notion. That would be comparable to saying because you have a building permit and you build your house with it the government has a very small share in the house. The title of the car is in your name not the governments. The government can only search your car if there is a probable cause anyway. This makes sense because while the car is your property you are
using it on government property not like your home where a search warrant is required because your home is on your property not the governments.
I do however agree that the government is stealing from us by printing more and more money.
Think about it this way. Your great grandparents decided to put away some money for your education in 1914. If they set away todays equivilent of $2000 you would have aproximitely $100 today
I’m ok with drivers licenses. I have the right to not be constantly afraid for my life when I walk outside. A licensing system keeps idiots and crazy people from randomly attacking me with a 2 ton killing machine.
Besides, being against licenses would also imply being against other traffic control devices, like stop lights. You might say “I have the right to drive through that intersection whenever I want,” but that’s bull. For a functional society we need traffic control, and we need a way to revoke the driving rights of people who break those rules or are too stupid/crazy to drive.
It’s not like it’s hard to get a license. Just get old enough and prove that you understand the rules. BAM, you have a license.
Yes, it sounds like Gilby’s converted another one.
And on the driving, yes it’s not a right. The privilege must be earned (though it’s awfully easy in this country). One thing I like about driving/traffic laws is that most of them are completely logic-based; the make sense. Yes, probable cause is needed to search the car, or to pull you over.
You can drive a motor vehicle on your own property without a license or insurance.
If a person has a dollar he didn’t work for, some other person worked for a dollar he or she didn’t get.
But if the govt’ is truly stealing from us, why are they going further into debt? Why is the gov’t funneling so many tax payer dollars to the very wealthy?
“As long as someone can give you your freedom, you’ll never be free.”
Rights and priveleges are only something you have until someone takes them away from you.
Interesting. I didn’t know there was a British variant.
In ten or fifteen minutes of searching for a solid reference to “privelege” on Google, most instances were on sites about common misspellings of “privilege” in North American English; one instance was on a British newspaper site, which does corroborate your assertion. Still, it seems that even many British internet sites prefer “privilege”.
I don’t understand the part about rights arising from property.
What a right and what a privilege is, is hard for me to get my head around.
Legal rights are made by someone and can be taken away again, so they might as well be called legal privileges. Natural or moral rights aren’t made by anyone, but anyone can claim that you, e.g., have a natural inalienable right to party. There’s no reason for the rest of us to accept it as a right (unless we’re invited).
If you own something,(this includes the right to life, the first thing you own is yourself), you can do whatever you want with it as long as what you do is unrelated to someone else’s property.
The thing about the driver’s license, yes, you only need it to drive on government property but if they search your car without probable cause and sue them they will argue that you gave them that right when you received the license.
Another thing–
If you have the liaison of manufacture you do not have to register your car.
I do keep a printed copy of The Photographer’s Rights in my camera bag. I’m not going to go to the extremes that Coper Cards goes. I don’t expect to ever need to pull out my copy of The Photographer’s Right as I’m questioned by a security guard or police officer. But I have it handy just in case.
If you’re complaining about inflation and the Federal Reserve you should understand that putting your money in a tangible form as an investment (another word for gamble) like gold or diamonds or similar rather than just keeping cash under your mattress. Nobody is going to have any sympathy about someone complaining about inflation when all they do is stash their cash under a mattress. Put the money in something tangible or an investment with a guaranteed return. That’s the way money works.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary specifies only “privilege” from the Latin privi legium: a law that affects the private individual. Any spelling with a d in it (e.g. priviledge) would make no sense. The “lege” is from the same stem as “legal” and you wouldn’t say “ledgal”.
A driving licence is proof that you have the appropriate qualifications to operate a dangerous piece of machinery in a place where your actions will affect public safety. 10 people a day die on Britain’s roads, and around 90 a day are seriously injured; that’s a whole 9/11 worth of deaths and injuries approximately once a year, every year. Being allowed to drive a car is a privilege, and one that is often abused.
All of our rights and privileges are granted by the consent of those who have the power to take them away, were gained as a result of our predecessors fighting for them, and are maintained only by our willingness to fight for them.
