On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, James A. Donald wrote:
If running a business is a privilege, then of course it will be restricted to the privileged, which is exactly what we see in the more extreme social democracies, where the people running the show are usually the lineal descendents of those who got their start at the time of Napoleon.
Demonstrate that a 'business' is a right in the same class as life, liberty, pursuit of happiness? It is clear a business is a form of 'pursuit of happiness' but that doesn't make it equivalent. Rights are something you as an individual have by mere existance. A 'business' can't exist in that environment, there is no 'market'. Do people have a right to work? No. They have a right to try to work. They can do that by starting their own business or working in somebody elses. But neither are a 'right' in the sense you want to use them. People have a right to pursuit happiness, why? Because they are already unhappy, why? Because if they don't get off their ass something will come along and eat them. ____________________________________________________________________ Before a larger group can see the virtue of an idea, a smaller group must first understand it. "Stranger Suns" George Zebrowski The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage@ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------