Orange_Crush
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Let's be clear, the point is trafficking violates basic human rights and illegal residence does nothing of the sort.
And the semantics of it....it's literally a crime of existing without paperwork and IDK how anybody could argue that...we could call it a crime of geography? That better? It's not trafficking. I know that much.
you as a human don't have the right to exist wherever you want to be. regardless of it being private property, government property, your citizenship status, or otherwise.Let's be clear, the point is trafficking violates basic human rights and illegal residence does nothing of the sort.
And the semantics of it....it's literally a crime of existing without paperwork and IDK how anybody could argue that...we could call it a crime of geography? That better? It's not trafficking. I know that much.
you as a human don't have the right to exist wherever you want to be. regardless of it being private property, government property, your citizenship status, or otherwise.
If we are still talking about the father in Maryland, he wasn't just hanging out in his own privately owned house the government is evicting him from. yeah, he hasn't been accused of violence, but you are short selling the crime as just calling it "existing".
calling it semantics calls into question the entire foundation of a nation. without a border, and the ability to enforce its own laws there is no nation of people who have decided self associate with according with the laws and processes accordingly.
That's what you believe. I believe you don't have a right to be on someone else's private property, but that's where the restrictions end. Talking natural rights, it's hard to imagine God made this world for all of us, but only some of us have a right to live in the good places? Hell, might as well say we don't have a right to be on this planet. You have to have a government grant you that right. Nah.
We have to accept that immigration policy denies a God-given right, start from that position, and then govern accordingly.
but only some of us have a right to live in the good places?
For some reason, my iphone quit allowing me to post gifs on Volnation about two weeks ago. I can still post them from my iPad or my laptop, but not my iPad. It's probably just another gift from the crappy iOS updates. They always seem to break things that have worked flawlessly for years.Is it that Huff doesn’t know how to post links?
I believe you're the first leftist that I've seen that actually told the truth on this subject by admitting that you don't believe in borders.That's what you believe. I believe you don't have a right to be on someone else's private property or in a government building, but that's where the restrictions end. Talking natural rights, it's hard to imagine God made this world for all of us, but only some of us have a right to live in the good places? Hell, might as well say we don't have a right to be on this planet. You have to have a government grant you that right. Nah.
We have to accept that immigration policy denies a God-given right, start from that position, and then govern accordingly.
Land of residence is a natural right? Is that natural right along the same lines as the natural rights enumerated in the BoRs???That's what you believe. I believe you don't have a right to be on someone else's private property or in a government building, but that's where the restrictions end. Talking natural rights, it's hard to imagine God made this world for all of us, but only some of us have a right to live in the good places? Hell, might as well say we don't have a right to be on this planet. You have to have a government grant you that right. Nah.
We have to accept that immigration policy denies a God-given right, start from that position, and then govern accordingly.
you think its a God given right to be wherever you want outside of some small caveats? Thats a type of argument I would expect from a sovereign citizen clown.That's what you believe. I believe you don't have a right to be on someone else's private property or in a government building, but that's where the restrictions end. Talking natural rights, it's hard to imagine God made this world for all of us, but only some of us have a right to live in the good places? Hell, might as well say we don't have a right to be on this planet. You have to have a government grant you that right. Nah.
We have to accept that immigration policy denies a God-given right, start from that position, and then govern accordingly.
you think its a God given right to be wherever you want outside of some small caveats? Thats a type of argument I would expect from a sovereign citizen clown.
there not being an active restriction against you being somewhere does not mean that you have a right, God given or otherwise, to be there.
you CAN stand on a sidewalk. that doesn't necessarily mean you have the right to stand in that exact spot on the sidewalk.
the only places you have a natural right to be are the place you currently exist in, assuming you aren't violating someone else's right, and your own private property. Everything else being a possibility doesn't make it a right.
if that "right" is constrained, or temporary in some manner, its not a natural right. My friend invites me over to his house. I have a right to be there, as long as he wills it. but that doesn't mean that I personally have a right to exist in his house. same thing with a nation. even as a citizen I don't have the RIGHT to exist wherever I want. I have the privilege, I have the possibility, there is nothing against me from doing that, but it doesn't make it a right.
Land of residence is a natural right? Is that natural right along the same lines as the natural rights enumerated in the BoRs???
I think the founders believed governments should restrict movement. IDK how they reconciled that with the concept of God-given rights, tho. Maybe one of those 3/5 clause, thingies.
I never said we don't have the right to exist. I just pointed out we don't have the right to exist wherever we want to. that is not mutually exclusive with your right to exist at all. You can't be HERE, is a lot different than you can't BE.If you're saying you don't have a right to exist within a government's borders, then you don't have a right to exist anywhere unless a government grants you that right. You see what I'm saying? That is the logical conclusion. You can float out in the ocean, I guess. So either there is no natural right to exist, or we are violating people's natural right to movement. Pick one.
If you're saying you don't have a right to exist within a government's borders, then you don't have a right to exist anywhere unless a government grants you that right. You see what I'm saying? That is the logical conclusion. You can float out in the ocean, I guess. So either there is no natural right to exist, or we are violating people's natural right to movement. Pick one.
I never said we don't have the right to exist. I just pointed out we don't have the right to exist wherever we want to. that is not mutually exclusive with your right to exist at all. You can't be HERE, is a lot different than you can't BE.
Natural rights implies something natural about it. There is no existing force of nature that allows an entity to exist exactly where it wants to be. Nothing in the bible, or any religious doctrine I have seen says everyone has a "god given" right to exist right where they want to.
if this was a US citizen, or someone here legally, your argument would make sense. it still wouldn't be an absolute right. but that is not what we are dealing with. I would even admit if he owned a house/land outright, it would be an interesting/entertaining argument about the government denying his right to his own property. but I am pretty sure that isn't the case here.
the government isn't saying he can't exist at all. they are saying he doesn't have a right to exist here. you are still relying on a made up extreme to justify a real condition, which I don't find to be particularly in good faith.
I'm very aware that you didn't say that. I'm telling you that's the logical conclusion if you think somebody doesn't have a God-given right to exist within our borders.
If you believe you don't have a Gog-given right to exist here because it's the government's right to grant that privilege, then you don't have a God-given right to exist anywhere. Basically, every patch of real estate on earth is governed, so you only have the privilige to exist anywhere if a Government grants you that.
If you don't believe this is government violating a God-given right, are you OK with the government just revoking your residence here? Say the laws allow for it and that's what the government does to you....you're saying that's not a violation of God-given rights?