[118873] in Cypherpunks
Oct. 11 column -- making up new "rights" (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jim Choate)
Sat Oct 9 10:23:29 1999
From: Jim Choate <ravage@einstein.ssz.com>
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Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 09:16:21 -0500 (CDT)
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This is too good to pass up...
----- Forwarded message from Robert Hettinga -----
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 1999 08:33:06 -0400
From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
Subject: CDR: Oct. 11 column -- making up new "rights"
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 1999 18:44:41 -0700
From: Vin_Suprynowicz@lvrj.com (Vin Suprynowicz)
Subject: Oct. 11 column -- making up new "rights"
"We have all sorts of rights and obligations that are not listed in the
Constitution.
[See the 9th]
My right to travel in safety was created by the Federal government
and is no less a real right that your right to carry a firearm.
[It's specific, see the 4th]
"It's pretty obvious that no Constitutional right is absolute.
[Wrong, rights are inalienable. That's absolute]
We have all
heard the one about yelling 'fire' in a crowded theater.
[Wrong. A right does not absolve one of the results of your freedom of
liberty. Besides the argument regarding shouting fire is specious and is
intended to allow the government to apply a priori limits on rights, something
that is unconstitutional. The actual issue in shouting fire is not the
shouting fire but rather the damage and public disruption it causes. That is
already against the law.]
Do you accept any limits on the right to bear arms?
[No]
I don't find it hard to draw a
distinction between reasonable restrictions on my rights and oppressive
limits to my freedom."
[Then you're not paying close enough attention nor have you reasoned it
through sufficiently]
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