Martin:

This is a very good answer.

It is clear and easy to understand.

Other than the word "instantiated" (I don't know the meaning of it), I
accpet/adopt your position.

F. Leon


On Sun, 25 Jul 1999, Martin William Smith wrote:

> > Why don't people have the right to kill?
>
> There is no right to kill.  Rights exist when beliefs are instantiated
> in the laws of a state and enforced by that state.  Sovereign states
> are able to kill, when it suits them, and get away with it (usually)
> because they can, not because they have a right to kill.  That's just
> the way it is.  Likewise, if there were no states, some individuals
> would kill when it suited them, because they can, not because they
> have a right to.  The absence of a state that prohibits murder doesn't
> mean there exists a right to commit murder.
>
> > Whose "moral" system are you referencing?
>
> Pick one.  Murder is illegal just about everywhere on the planet.
>
> martin
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