From: Steve Mynott <stevem@tightrope.demon.co.uk> there are laws based on natural rights
At 07:12 AM 10/5/98 -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
Ok, who writes the laws?
No one.
Who enforces the laws? Who decides what is natural?
In the minarchist proposal, as explained by Bastiat, already quoted on this thread, http://www.jim.com/jamesd/bastiat.htm "the collective force", aka the minimal state. In the anarchist proposal, explained by Spooner in "Natural Law" http://www.jim.com/jamesd/spooner.htm, and myself in "Anarcho Capitalism, a short summary" http://www.jim.com/jamesd/anarcho-.htm, anyone and everyone decides. Attempts to enforce unnatural law are more likely to get one killed. Friedman in "A positive account of property rights" http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Property/Property.html explains why enforcing the law "Whats yours is yours, and what is mine is mine" is less likely to get you killed than attempting to enforce the law "Whats mine is mine, whats yours is up for grabs" --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG y5lZXNb9KdI6G/J/Mw0QVE3D0Xa+BCJ1nJ9JZrgy 4b6jnnkVkioQJ7SSLk7VTW3r694QFvcvfRB6H3dGp ----------------------------------------------------- We have the right to defend ourselves and our property, because of the kind of animals that we are. True law derives from this right, not from the arbitrary power of the omnipotent state. http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ James A. Donald