Horatius
NWO Kitty Wrangler
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Obviously, we are speculating at this point, but can you own yourself? Can I cut off a finger, claim title to it, and sell it to someone.
Now, this is a complicated one. We have to ask, who created you? Clearly you didn't create yourself, so you can't have direct ownership in that way.
We could say that your mother created you, in that she gestated you for 9 months. So if you can show a document in which your mother signed over ownership of you to you, you'd be okay. I suppose if someone's mother died in childbirth, the kid would own themselves via inheritance.
Of course, that ignores the fact that your mother stole all the atoms she used in making you from God, so I suppose God would be able to repossess those atoms at any time of his own choosing, so selling your finger to a third party without including an acknowledgement of this potential lien on the atoms of the finger might constitute fraud, like selling a house without informing the buyer of an easement on the property.
Can I grab an un-kosher animal and say that God does not own unclean animals, so I claim this animal to be my property?
But God does own even the unclean ones, which is clearly evidenced by his refusing permission for them to be eaten. He would have no legal basis for that prohibition if he didn't have clear title over all animals, clean and unclean.
[I should have seen that coming.]
So could a peace officer arrest me for breaking a rule (or law, or God-given law, or natural law, or something)?
Sure, but then you could arrest him for kidnapping all of God's atoms that make up you, the handcuffs, the jail cell, and any food and water they serve you while you're in custody.

