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Emsworth
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« Reply #25 on: September 02, 2005, 12:38:16 PM »

Well, that's what I mean about there being a balance between property freedom and the public good.  These are two principles in conflict, and it's important to balance one against the other.
I believe that property rights cannot be restricted by taxation or eminent domain merely for the "public good," but for the protection of the fundamental rights themselves. I do not regard taxation for funding the police (for example) to be a violation of property rights; rather I see it as an indirect promotion and protection of those rights.

Hence, our notion of balance differs. I feel that the public good and the protection of individual rights are not mutually exclusive. I find that the latter leads to the former.
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minionofmidas
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« Reply #26 on: September 02, 2005, 03:10:55 PM »

the fact that they have no backbone.
*hides in bunker*
LOL, I was thinking of a similar reply. Something like "Muddled thinking". Smiley
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