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To: driftdiver
"Which amendment in the Bill of Rights covers your 'Right' to uncontrolled and unfettered use of public property?"

I didn't say I had the right to "uncontrolled and unfettered use". I said I had a "right" to use them. If I pay for something I have a "right" to use it, it isn't a "privilege". It is a right. That doesn't mean I may use them as I wish.

Are you suggesting I have no "right" to use public property?

When you say I have no "right" to use university libraries even though I pay tuition to the university, it is like saying I have no right to drive my car even though I have paid for it. True, I have to obey the law in using both, but I have an absolute "right" to the use of both because I paid for that "right".
99 posted on 11/16/2006 8:31:13 AM PST by monday
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To: monday

"I said I had a "right" to use them. If I pay for something I have a "right" to use it, it isn't a "privilege". It is a right. That doesn't mean I may use them as I wish."

IMHO, the word 'right' is widely and grossly abused. Freedom of speech is a right. Freedom from unreasonable search is a right. Driving is not a right. Being a jerk and disturbing the peace is not a right.

"When you say I have no "right" to use university libraries even though I pay tuition to the university, it is like saying I have no right to drive my car even though I have paid for it."

"True, I have to obey the law in using both, but I have an absolute "right" to the use of both because I paid for that "right"."

Rights don't come from the bank. IF that right was conveyed through the payment then that 'right' needs to be documented with a proper badge and proper behavior. If the conditions of that payment are not met then the 'right' ceases until the conditions are met.

Face it, the kid was a jerk and these kids learned more about the real world from this event than all 4 years of their indoctrination at this school.


113 posted on 11/16/2006 8:45:44 AM PST by driftdiver
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