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Cop grabs guy and rips drink out of his hand
Cop sees victim drinking something that is in a paper bag. Cops demands to know if the victim is drinking alcohol and victim refuses to tell him. The cop grabs his wrist and then grabs the drink from his hand to see what he is drinking. The cop sees it is just ice tea and then lets go of his wrist. The victim complains that what the cop did was wrong. That if he did the same thing to the cop he would get arrested for assault.
ANALYSIS OF THE VICTIMS ACTIONS:
Did the victim harm, steal, or threaten anyone? No
Did the victim violate anyone's individual rights? No
Was the victims interaction with the officer voluntary? No
No crime committed by the victim he should not have been assaulted.
ANALYSIS OF THE POLICE ACTIONS:
Did the cop harm, steal, or threaten the victim? Yes
Did the cop violate the victims individual rights? Yes
Police behavior is criminal and a violation of the victims rights.
SUMMARY:
It's really nobody's business what your drinking. We are all human beings and have no rights or claims that are higher then those of any other human. So anything that is wrong for me to do as an individual is also wrong if someone does it to me. If I assault someone, I am violating that persons rights, and if someone assaults me, he is violating my rights.
QUESTIONS:
- Is it fair to say, wrong is wrong, no matter who does it?
- Can you delegate to another human being a right that you do not have?
- Can two people delegate a right to a human being that neither of them have?
- Can seven million people delegate a right to a human being that none of them have?
- Can someone delegate the right to steal my money to government?
- Can seven million people delegate to government the right to steal my money?
- Can anyone in government have a right that I do not have?
- What is more dangerous, freedom or a government that has authority over you?
- Is government the biggest violator of our individual rights?
- Do people have the right to defend themselves, there rights, and there property?
- Is it fair to say, if people do not defend there rights, they will end up losing them?
- If it becomes common for people to violate your rights, have you already lost your rights?
- If a person harms, steals, threatens, or violates your rights, is he a criminal?
- Do we have an obligation to obey criminals?
- If government harms, steals, threatens, or violates your rights, is it a criminal organization?
- Do we have an obligation to obey a criminal organization?
- Does anyone have the right to claim ownership over you?
- Do you own yourself or is someone else your master?
- Do you have an obligation to obey government?
- Should interactions between people be voluntary?
- Should interactions between people be free of force, fraud, and threats?
- Should you respect the rights of others?
- Should people respect your rights?
IN CLOSING:
All people are created equal and have certain individual rights which are the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Individual rights cannot be taken away. We can do as we please within our rights, as long as we do not violate the rights of others.
We have the right to self-ownership. Self-ownership means not only that you own yourself, but everyone owns themselves. The best way to ensure respect for our self-ownership is to respect the rights of others. Without self-ownership, there is no freedom.
We own ourselves. No one can claim even partial ownership over you without violating your rights. Taxing people without there consent is theft and a violation of our rights.
All interactions between people should be voluntary and free of force, fraud, theft, and threats.
We have the right to defend ourselves and our property. We never have an obligation to let anyone commit aggression against us. No one has the right to harm you, steal from you, threaten you, or violate your rights.
We have the right to seek leaders for ourselves but we have no right to force rulers on others. No matter how leaders are selected they are only human beings and they have no rights or claims that are higher then those of any other human. No one has the right to murder, enslave, or to steal. We can not give them any rights that we do not have ourselves.
To help secure our individual rights, governments may be created, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed. Whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter it, abolish it, or withdraw there consent to be governed.
