One of the things trampled nearly to extinction by the stampeding herd is the concept of individual rights envisioned by the Founding Fathers. Accordingly, I believe it vital to specify and clarify those rights and propose:
THE NEW BILL OF RIGHTS
Rights apply to all American citizens. Rights may be exercised by anyone who has attained age 18, except that right TEN may be exercised by anyone who has attained age 21. The rights of any person under those ages shall be exercised by the parents, guardian, or in an emergency by a court, on behalf of and for the benefit of such person.
The terms "anyone" and "one" shall include persons, corporations, government or other entity.
Whenever a person's action is contested on the grounds that it does not fall within any of such person's rights, the person, government or other entity contesting such action shall have the burden of proving in a court of law that it does not. Any ambiguity or uncertainty in the evidence or the law or in the application of the law, shall be resolved in favor of the action being considered a right.
ONE: The right to live their lives as they choose free of the initiation of force against them by anyone, provided that this right does not include the right to initiate force against anyone.
TWO: The right to peacefully assemble or otherwise speak their minds.
THREE: The right to select their names and to change them without anyone's approval.
FOUR: The right to ingest into their bodies whatever they wish, including any drugs, without the need for a medical prescription.
FIVE: The right to retain and/or spend or gift their assets as they choose, free of any income, sales, capital gains, gift, estate, or other taxes or levies imposed by government.
SIX: The right to engage with others in any enterprise on terms of their own choosing.
SEVEN: The right to marry and divorce anyone without government license.
EIGHT: The right to sell their body organs.
NINE: The right to live in a serene environment.
TEN: The right to choose not to live.
In a very real sense, right ONE includes them all.
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