[muawiyah]

Public right of way is usually secured from private individuals who'd like to be able to travel to and from an existing system of public roads without having to deal with their neighbors.

There are systems of private roads in this country however. St. Louis used to have mostly private roads. They still do. The locals agree together to use their own roads, and outsiders don't get in.

Even Virginia allows for the reversion of public right of way to private control. You can just imagine the rules private owner/operators place on their own roads.

At the moment the people's own assemblies have evaluated the situation and established laws for the safe operation of the roads on public right of way. You are free to campaign for different laws. In this state you could win everything you wanted and we'd all have the right to withdraw our property from the public right of way and revert it to private ownership and operation.

Outsiders commiting DUI on our property would be dragged through the courts and stripped of all income and possessions. There'd be no end to the punishment.

You should get on your knees and thank God that you aren't in charge because it could be much worse.

[elkfersupper]

You should get on your knees and thank God that you aren't in charge because it could be much worse.

I have never seen such an elitist, condescending, authoritarian, tyrranical statement on Free Republic.

Congratulations.

[Camel Joe]

A great number of things could be “much worse” if we were to allow our Constitution to be eaten away at by well intentioned fools. In the coming years the State will inevitably make attempts to consolidate its new powers granted them by an uneducated public. This was possible through the nationalization of our education system and its transformation into a propaganda arm of the socialists in government. I know the schools in YOUR neighborhood aren't likely to display what you would see in any of the “City” schools where they are taught that those in the suburbs have what is “rightfully” theirs. Exceptions to the Constitution ALWAYS result in the loss of liberty, but those who have grand notions for Gub’ment never seem to notice or care.