tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post4771379308572807426..comments2024-03-29T00:38:38.893-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: And the EUnchs throw fitsFirehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-63906146892044081062017-10-19T12:04:02.602-07:002017-10-19T12:04:02.602-07:00Dropping by to say Hi to you Firehand, glad to see...Dropping by to say Hi to you Firehand, glad to see that you are in good form!<br /><br />kind regards<br />Keith<br />___________________________<br />For the comentator above, Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) established that Natural Law does not require the existence of a god, it exists and can be discovered by man, independently of the existence or non existence of a deity.<br /><br />Just regarding the imaginary deity that some of your "uplifter" (see Mencken for an explanation) countrymen and country-wimminzez seem to believe in<br />I'm with Bakunin;<br />It's not a question of "if it didn't exist, you'd have to invent it"<br />It's more like, "If it did exist, you'd have to destroy it"<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-64093988251968427452017-10-18T19:22:57.632-07:002017-10-18T19:22:57.632-07:00These are Europeans. The concept of G-d given ina...These are Europeans. The concept of G-d given inalienable rights inherent in each individual is not part of their intellectual universe. Submission to a state or ruler is built-in to their worldview. The Czechs are doing the best that they can come up with from their cultural perspective. I understand their justification for an armed citizenry and enjoy the panic of Brussels.<br /><br />Subotai BahadurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-38651434182555823122017-10-18T17:06:21.719-07:002017-10-18T17:06:21.719-07:00To be fair, it's more like they recognize the ...To be fair, it's more like they recognize the utility of the (as they see it) state-given privilege of self defense, so much so that they're willing to extend it. But only under the circumstances.<br /><br />If they recognized it as an inalienable right, they'd be protecting it under much different terms.B Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02816788270198820684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-80711000811884447232017-10-18T10:01:53.047-07:002017-10-18T10:01:53.047-07:00It is good to see that at least some Europeans res...It is good to see that at least some Europeans respect the inalienable right of selfdefense enough to recognize the need for weapons to do so. Now if the gun grabbers here would wake up we might finally get a handle on gun crime.<br />mark leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05664390381774473222noreply@blogger.com