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To: Tailgunner Joe
"I realize that your libertarian philosophy is summed up by this idea, but it's not to be found in the Constitution of these United States."


Yes it is. The Constitution limits government power, it doesn't enumerate individual rights. Unless you can find a government power specified in either state or federal Constitutions, it does not exist legitimately. The onus is on YOU to show where the government has the power to do something, not on the individual to show where in the constitution(s) they have the right to do something.
The onus is on YOU to show where the government gets the power to stop someone from doing something that does not infringe on anybody else's rights. Good luck, because you won't find it in the Constitution. If a Constitution did enclose such language, it would just make the Constitution immoral.
59 posted on 07/08/2005 6:58:44 PM PDT by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is a grandeur in this view of life...")
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To: CarolinaGuitarman
All a state has to do is pass such laws in accordance with their own Constitutions. I can assure you that many State Constitutions give the state every authority to ban prostitution, for example, a "victimless crime" you think it is immoral to restrict. You libertarians want to turn us into a nation of whores.

The Federal Constitution authorizes the creation of Post Offices for example. What does that have to do with rights? The right to speedy delivery?

63 posted on 07/08/2005 7:15:06 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
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