tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30415904269989295.post2034218156978447434..comments2023-09-18T07:38:35.353-07:00Comments on Small Craft Advisory : Constitutional Rights Vs. Leftist RightsDamon Kochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06597799409282854715noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30415904269989295.post-87998647102320225482013-01-07T14:22:01.823-08:002013-01-07T14:22:01.823-08:00I think what the British did was important in as m...I think what the British did was important in as much as it was the first time to that point in history that there was an official acknowledgement that the governed (or ruled) had rights, limited as they may have been.Damon Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597799409282854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30415904269989295.post-13040226210068366712013-01-07T10:03:40.289-08:002013-01-07T10:03:40.289-08:00I think I'd have to agree. The constitution di...I think I'd have to agree. The constitution differs greatly on the point of authority, that it does not come from God but from the governed, and that instead rights come from God. I guess I was thinking that authority coming from God means that the limit of authority (which I think of as rights) comes from God, but to prove that was the thinking of the british would require that they somehow spelled it out, which they didn't.<br />I still wonder what all the implications of essentially flipping the notion of government upside down the way they did are. It would seem that the end meaning of government could be very similar whether it is defined from the bottom up (on rights) or the top down (on duties) but perhaps the errors that are prone to creep up are different. Either was however, unjust and overly demanding authority is the common point of failure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06119442678382209519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30415904269989295.post-62054204175134885472013-01-07T01:07:57.580-08:002013-01-07T01:07:57.580-08:00Thank you for your comment and kind words on my po...Thank you for your comment and kind words on my post. I think the British belief that the authority of the monarch came from God is a little different from the people's rights coming from God. One could also argue that the Magna Carta was the precurser to the US Constitution. Although when King James acknowledged in the Magna Carta that the governed had rights, it was still government giving the people those rights and not God.Damon Kochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06597799409282854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30415904269989295.post-32809899835456811362013-01-06T22:58:03.359-08:002013-01-06T22:58:03.359-08:00I don't have a completed disagreement to the n...I don't have a completed disagreement to the notion that the USA was the first nation founded on the notion of rights originating from God, but I do believe that the British empire from it's origin (not so much in the last 500 years) believed in authority of government coming from God, so I might argue that they were first.<br />That said, excellent piece, I cherish especially your quote "the bread and butter of every authoritarian regime... [is] to convince those they oppress that the tyrrainy of their policies somehow expands the people's rights." Can you define the downfall of the boulshevicks any better?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06119442678382209519noreply@blogger.com