RE: Do You Own Your Thoughts? Prominent, Self-Proclaimed Libertarians Say "No."
The matrix has you!
NO! Ownership is always a right and there is no law now or ever that can say otherwise. First you need to know the difference between a law and a code or regulation. The state might make regulation and code and they can be changed. But law are different they are things that you naturally have, like you have a right to live. The state can make a code that states otherwise but it's not a law. And believe it, it's up to you and you alone to stand up for yourself. What people have forgotten is the law. The law for humans is "Do No Harm!" That covers it all. This is why is it said that ignorance is no excuse for the law. Of cause you can't help but be ignorant of at least some code or regulation not only because there so many but because (as you say) they can be changed.
"The Eyes" When you rearrange the letters "They See"
I think we're arguing the same point with different semantics.
I don't like calling it a right because, in application, rights are given to you, and can therefore be taken away. While I love the idea of rights given to you by birth, that isn't very practical. The rights that are inaliable from birth can be argued in different political contexts, and the very existence of these rights can be argued as well.
The "Do No Harm" rule is nice but also impractical.
I believe you are confusing a right with a privilege.. Privileges are given to you via legislation. A right exists beyond legislation, for example, the right to life, the right to liberty. Now that's not saying that you can't be killed or you can't be enslaved. But when those things are done by governments, they are done by legislation, it is done by force. And not because the legislature had any right to do it. One of the biggest problems in our society today is that people don't know their rights. Therefore their rights get converted into privileges. According to the maxims of the law, if you don't know your rights, you don't have any. To give another example, your right to drive is encased in your right to travel, but when you get a license you have contracted and you have now agreed that it is a privilege.
Why?