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		By: C. Wendt		</title>
		<link>https://thyblackman.com/2011/05/19/free-gop-senator-rand-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-3657</link>

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					<description><![CDATA[He was using hyperbole to make a point, much the way that, say, Democrats talk about Republicans pushing granny off a cliff whenever the prospect of Medicare cuts is raised. Unfortunately, however, the American political discourse is so freakishly racially sensitive that even a fully race-neutral, philosophically-driven comment such as this which only uses a concept historically tied to race to make its point can cause an explosion of hysterical media hyperventilation.

 He obviously did not mean that he literally expects to be &quot;conscripted&quot; to perform medical services and thus enslaved, but rather that the notion that one has a legally-enforceable &quot;right&quot; to private individuals&#039; (not a public servant&#039;s, as they ARE, in a sense, like slaves to the electorate for so long as they hold office)  implies by logical extension (a thought experiment, if you will) that, in the event that no doctors volunteered, it would be theoretically valid to enslave them in service of patients&#039; legally-binding &quot;rights.&quot; He thus illustrates the authoritarian character of this law through logical exposition. However, as I&#039;ve noted earlier, Dr. Paul miscalculated, for the term &quot;slavery&quot; is simply too racially-charged in our country to elicit thoughtful consideration rather than a cacophony of wild braying and indignance both feigned and real.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>He was using hyperbole to make a point, much the way that, say, Democrats talk about Republicans pushing granny off a cliff whenever the prospect of Medicare cuts is raised. Unfortunately, however, the American political discourse is so freakishly racially sensitive that even a fully race-neutral, philosophically-driven comment such as this which only uses a concept historically tied to race to make its point can cause an explosion of hysterical media hyperventilation.</p>
<p> He obviously did not mean that he literally expects to be &#8220;conscripted&#8221; to perform medical services and thus enslaved, but rather that the notion that one has a legally-enforceable &#8220;right&#8221; to private individuals&#8217; (not a public servant&#8217;s, as they ARE, in a sense, like slaves to the electorate for so long as they hold office)  implies by logical extension (a thought experiment, if you will) that, in the event that no doctors volunteered, it would be theoretically valid to enslave them in service of patients&#8217; legally-binding &#8220;rights.&#8221; He thus illustrates the authoritarian character of this law through logical exposition. However, as I&#8217;ve noted earlier, Dr. Paul miscalculated, for the term &#8220;slavery&#8221; is simply too racially-charged in our country to elicit thoughtful consideration rather than a cacophony of wild braying and indignance both feigned and real.</p>
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		By: Ck		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 03:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Judges and The legal profession do not exist as a matter of right but privilege. So, too, are elected representatives. You have conflates occupations that exist as a matter of natural right vis a vis those professions created by the state. The latter ought to be regulated. The state has no right to interfere with a man&#039;s choice of professions. Part of the flaw that you have made in.the above argument is a failure to define what a right is. Paul gave you a stock legal definition. If one has a &quot;right&quot; to something, the corollary is they can enforce it. You have taken Paul&#039;s argument out of context by failing to define the word &quot;right&quot; and then further confusing the notion of individual rights with enumerated powers.....]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Judges and The legal profession do not exist as a matter of right but privilege. So, too, are elected representatives. You have conflates occupations that exist as a matter of natural right vis a vis those professions created by the state. The latter ought to be regulated. The state has no right to interfere with a man&#8217;s choice of professions. Part of the flaw that you have made in.the above argument is a failure to define what a right is. Paul gave you a stock legal definition. If one has a &#8220;right&#8221; to something, the corollary is they can enforce it. You have taken Paul&#8217;s argument out of context by failing to define the word &#8220;right&#8221; and then further confusing the notion of individual rights with enumerated powers&#8230;..</p>
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