Mike Geary wrote: "There's no absolute inalienable right." Fine. No problem here. Why not drop the inalienable bit? In fact why not drop the whole rights talk? Just talk about what the government does and what we want the government to do. Sincerely, Phil Enns Toronto, ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html