(urth) Gene Wolfe Fans Talk Politics (Again)

[Adam Thornton]

On May 19, 2009, at 8:12 PM, brunians at brunians.org wrote:

> Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, according to one famous
> document. The first draft said 'life, liberty and property', and  
> property
> is also very important. Some people think it might have been better to
> leave it as it was. This is not necessarily an exclusive list.

However, in order to determine what the legitimate function of  
government, as defined as "to protect the rights of the individual,"  
is, surely we need an exhaustive list, don't we?

Otherwise, who is to say that I am wrong if I declare that it is my  
right to take Alyson Hannigan and Summer Glau as my concubines?  I  
suspect strongly that no one else on the list would agree with such an  
assertion that this was a legitimate right of mine as an individual,  
and I suspect even *more* strongly that the women in question would  
disagree vehemently.

Adam