Show a ARE CRIMINAL ACTS A HUMAN RIGHT Some time ago the nation was rock rock- ed cd by the news story that an Iowa couple Mr and Mrs Edward Briney of Eddyville had lost their home to toa toa ton a n convicted crook who had been injured ed by a trap gun while he was breaking breaking break break- ing and entering The burglar sued the because of the wound he received received ed and the court awarded plus in court costs to the crook The faced the loss of their 80 acre farm and house In order to raise the money to pay the thief The case apparently was won by the larcenist on the fallacious grounds of human rights vs property rights Its It's been said before but twill do no harm to repeat it again property has no rights There is however the human right to own property If that human right is destroyed there are precious few rights left because the right to own ones one's property is basic to the right of liberty or speech or happiness happiness happi happi- happiness ness or in the last analysis to life itself Suppose for example that a government government government govern govern- ment dictatorship should take over ownership ownership ownership owner owner- ship and control of all food production distribution and sale Any time the government gov goy wishes to do so It can starve you to death simply by turning off the spigot Or as in the case of Chile at this moment the Marxist government is slowly slowly slowly slow slow- ly assuming correct term stealing ownership of all privately independently independent ly controlled newspapers It goes without with out staying that once the government owns all of the property press-property free speech is wiped out Not that the Briney Brincy case has entered a new phase the eyes of the nation will watch the outcome with interest In a counter action the have now in turn sued the criminal The victims are asking for in action and in punitive damages from the burglar contending that a man should not profit from his criminal actions In a related court action the have asked for an freeing them from paying the original damage award to the thief Thus far the injection has been refused by the Iowa lower courts and it is expected that the case will goto go goto goto to the state supreme court |