[exodus]

You, and every other man, have God-given, inalienable rights.
Our government is legally, by man-made laws,
required to refrain from interfering with those rights.
If you go to another country,
you may find yourself in a place where government
does not have man-made laws telling it to leave your rights alone.
That foreign government can legally infringe upon your rights,
but the rights given to you by God, as part of being a man, are still there.
They are just being interfered with by man-made laws.
# 119 by exodus
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To: exodus
"And when you are in a foreign prison
or facing a foreign execution my dear,
that is a distinction without a difference."
# 133 by JD86
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Laws, and the reasons for those laws, make no difference?
If you believe that, why did you become a lawyer?

It matters to me, JD86.
Without that "unimportant" distinction,
it doesn't matter if a law is just,
it only matters if it is the law.

[JD86]

Dear exodus, let me use little words. If you are in a foreign country...that means not the United States, then it does not matter in that country what the laws are in the United States, what the Constitution of the United States says, or whether any of the United States legal system is valid.

I understand your argument, in your opinon, your inalienable rights come from your Creator, and no government can either give them to you or take them away. I am telling you that is a wonderful argument to make in America. But in all the other countries of the world...they would consider it so much babbling as they led you away. They don't care about your inalienable rights, they don't care about your rights period. And they certainly don't have laws to protect you. Thank all you hold holy that you live in the United States. And if you don't think that is true. Thank all you hold holy that you are free to leave the United States any time you so choose.