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God, man & ownership.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)
Concerning the letter to the editor comment made in the March 22, 2004 issue, that "our lives and bodies belong to ourselves, not to ... 'the State,'" I offer this viewpoint: Our lives and bodies belong neither to ourselves nor to the State. The acid test of ownership is the ability to sell what we think we own. If we own ourselves, we can sell ourselves. If we sell ourselves, someone is buying. Once the deal is closed, what you have is slavery. If the buyer happens to be the State, you can, I hope, begin to see the danger inherent in the popular myth of self-ownership, and the real reason why this myth is promoted by partisans of the almighty State.
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