On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:46:36 -0700, RHF wrote:

On Jul 3, 6:15Â*am, Dave wrote:
RHF wrote:
Mike - Is this what passes for 'original' Canadian Thinking ?

"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Life,_liberty_and_the_pursuit_of_happiness
Now That -is- 'original' American Thinking ~ RHF

- John Locke was an Englishman, you dumb ****.

Dave - Tsimple things to consider :

Too Dumb - The phrase is based on the writings of John Locke, who
expressed a similar concept of "life, liberty, and estate (or
property)".

To Understand the F*ck Difference
"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness"
Written by Thomas Jefferson, the words in the Declaration were a
Departure from the Orthodoxy of Locke. { Inalienable Individual Human
Rights -over- Property Rights Granted by the Crown }

-ps- Until the United States Declaration of Independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...f_Independence
Thomas Jefferson was and Englishman too.
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Inherent rights is from Muslim common law, BTW.