Butr what you are hearlding as a "conservative" gain is actually a liberal one. Individual propterty rights were were the basic conerstone of Lockean liberalism. This was inscribed by Locke in his "Two Treatises" as the rights to "life, liberty, and property."

This was furthered by Jefferson's "Common sense of the matter" as he talked about these as being the rights and liberties of individuals AGAINST governments.

Come to grips with it, Tom. You are not a conservative, you are a liberal, albeit a classical one. But then, most of us on these boards have long acknowleded you as a classic or sorts anyway.

Publlius