Though I should perhaps point out that you can't bind yourself for life, either (e.g., sell yourself into slavery). If you get a bunch of property owners to agree to only sell their property to other members of your "constitution society", etc., there's no reason they can't change their minds later and leave your club.
"Though I should perhaps point out that you can't bind yourself for life, either (e.g., sell yourself into slavery). If you get a bunch of property owners to agree to only sell their property to other members of your "constitution society", etc., there's no reason they can't change their minds later and leave your club."They can later decide to leave your club, but it would mean they lose their rights to the land (i.e. their citizenship rights) under the initial contract they signed..
"They can later decide to leave your club, but it would mean they lose their rights to the land (i.e. their citizenship rights) under the initial contract they signed.."No it doesn't. It was their land going in, and it remains their land.(I suppose you could make it a condition of entry to the club that they sign over ownership of their land (and presumably other things) to the club, and then rent it back in order to live on it. But why would anyone agree to that?)
zestysteveJun 12, 2007
Although it's worth mentioning that our form of government isn't worth protecting until it's constitutional again.
jeffmr1Jun 12, 2007
RTFA, this has nothing to do with 08
miseseanJun 13, 2007
Though I should perhaps point out that you can't bind yourself for life, either (e.g., sell yourself into slavery). If you get a bunch of property owners to agree to only sell their property to other members of your "constitution society", etc., there's no reason they can't change their minds later and leave your club.
thecoolestguyJun 15, 2007
"Though I should perhaps point out that you can't bind yourself for life, either (e.g., sell yourself into slavery). If you get a bunch of property owners to agree to only sell their property to other members of your "constitution society", etc., there's no reason they can't change their minds later and leave your club."They can later decide to leave your club, but it would mean they lose their rights to the land (i.e. their citizenship rights) under the initial contract they signed..
miseseanJun 15, 2007
"They can later decide to leave your club, but it would mean they lose their rights to the land (i.e. their citizenship rights) under the initial contract they signed.."No it doesn't. It was their land going in, and it remains their land.(I suppose you could make it a condition of entry to the club that they sign over ownership of their land (and presumably other things) to the club, and then rent it back in order to live on it. But why would anyone agree to that?)
kangalanatolianJul 3, 2007
Does digg allow me to comment NOW?