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To: bvw

You have a well, you won’t be affected by the regulation changes, you therefore have the luxury of passing along your approval of measures that affect others; is that the way this works?

You should speak with a bit of respect for the group you presume to counsel in order to sound a little less imperious.


141 posted on 03/09/2008 11:08:17 AM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Old Professer
It is unwise to diminish our honest claims to rights, by allowing the dupes of victimology to victimhood for no longer being allowed to be freeloaders.

This is a national and even global forum. Anyone who posts here should consider that they are themselves an Emperor of their domain, and not suffer beyond some point the foolishness of neighboring Emperors because such foolishness comes to harm all.

In this case there is a LOCAL agency established by a LOCALLY ELECTED body which is setting reasonable rules LOCALLY for problems that they have with the operation of a LOCAL public conveyance. That such an agency is empowered to operate and set such regulation is LONG established in common law predating the constitution and the colonies. It is like the authority a harbormaster has to set who may enter a harbor and under what conditions.

It may be that the fine they set is excessive, but it is their authority to do so because they are presumed to have expert knowledge on the subject and upon the local conditions of the moment. Hopefully the citizens who protest will find the will to mount an appropriate counter-action if they believe the fine is to high and thus beyond the authority of the agency to set, or even if it is too much for them to bear, no matter what authority the agency would have to set it. Still, it is a solemn duty of the public agency to set the necessary rules, and that is a long established principle under our laws.

Freedom and peace are the fruit of responsibility. If a infant dumps his dinner over the floor, the parent brings peace and freedom by what action? By allowing the infant to continue? "Na-aawwh, na-awwh!" cries the infant, "You are stealing my right to dump my dinner on the floor!"

146 posted on 03/09/2008 11:39:45 AM PDT by bvw
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