[AbsoluteJustice]

There are a lot of things that are not guarunteed by the constitution that are allowed and are inherent rights. The document I have begun to relize is not a restrcting document to any right not proclaimed within it. So to announce that it is not in the constitution so therefore is not a right is nonsense.

[Dr Warmoose]

...So to announce that it is not in the constitution so therefore is not a right is nonsense.

Some people live by the credo that Government is Perfect and Omniscient hence, they think in authoritative terms like That which is not expressedly permitted is prohibited.

[Lefty-NiceGuy]

What AbsoluteJustice is talking about is the "right to be left alone". My gut feeling is that I have a right to do what ever as long as it doesn't affect other people. "My right to swing my fist around ends at your nose."

I don't mind you talking on the teli, in your car UNLESS you drive like an A$$ doing it. I don't mind you smoking dope as long as you don't cause me any problems. I don't mind an 18 year old adult drinking AS LONG as he doesn't drive.

We've got guys here in FreepLand that support Texas's right to tell homosexuals what they can do in thier bedroom. If those same people are saying they have a constitutional right to talk on a hand held phone in the car, they'd be very inconsistent. I see this as sort of a Libertarian vs. both parties issue.