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Entry: The Wrongs of "Rights" Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_wrongs_of_rights#7586 Post contents: Adriana, You're beginning to sound like the Clinton administration-"Do it for the children". Apparently, children managed to survive before the rise of modern Leviathan states, given that the human race continued to reproduce for thousands of years prior to the 19th century. The argument that the justification for an overarching state is to prevent child abuse or elder abuse strikes me as rather shallow. I get these kinds of arguments from leftists as well, who insist a world government is necessary to stamp out sexism and homophobia in Islamic countries, or to make sure a restaurant owner in Alabama doesn't discriminate against minority patrons. I do not see why rules or norms against child abuse cannot be enforced just as easily by communities as by overarching states. In my community th there have been several prosecutions for animal cruelty recently. And most CPS services (which merit much criticism, IMO) are operated locally as well. If no such norms exist in a civilization, the state won't be of much help anyway. May I suggest Hans Hermann Hoppe's "Democracy: The God That Failed" as an introductory criticism of the kind of paternalistic welfare state you apparently endorse? Sent at: 2008 07 24