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To: Sudetenland
Driving is a privelege. ... Voting is a right.

Hmm... Not quite.

Actually, the Constitution does not guarantee the right to vote. And the law more or less treats driving and voting about the same way.

Both are only available to those above a certain age. Both can be lost by due process of law.

Voting used to be reserved for white adult male land owners. Legally.

Personally, I'd say both a driver's license and the power to vote are both priveleges. The country would benefit greatly from both being more restricted too.

171 posted on 01/16/2009 6:44:11 AM PST by TChris (So many useful idiots...)
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To: TChris

Hmmm...I’m not certain that I don’t agree with you to some extent. I believe that the founding fathers believed that voting was a “right” that belonged to all white male land owners. On the otherhand, you may be right about it being a “privelege.” The more I have investigated this the more ambiguous some of the definitions become.


174 posted on 01/16/2009 6:58:50 AM PST by Sudetenland (Those diplomats serve best, who serve as cannon fodder to protect our troops!)
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To: TChris
Voting used to be reserved for white adult male land owners. Legally.

An excellent idea, by the way, and one that desperately needs to be revisited.

187 posted on 01/16/2009 7:02:32 PM PST by elkfersupper
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