A right is something that is non-negotiable; it either is or it isn't. You can't strike a deal somewhere in the middle.
As an example, let's assume you have the right to live. Would you somehow still have the right to live if you agreed to a government imposed limitation on how many years you would be "allowed" to live?
Absent natural death, wouldn't you still be agreeing to have your life taken from you at some arbitrarily chosen number of years?
And who would get to decide that; people who do not have such a limitation imposed upon them?
Just something to think about, as our elected officials try to convince us that we should agree to "reasonable" limitations of our natural rights; rights which have already been significantly abridged over time.
The time for negotiation is over. Draw your line in the sand.
© the stiff lizard
