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To: FreeReign

Well he is right. The rights we have are not unlimited:
1) We have a right to free speech but not to libel;
2) We can bear arms but not a nuclear weapon;
3) we can be secure in our home but can be served a warrant;
4) Goverment cannot take private property for public use UNLESS just compensation is given.
Etc...


2,115 posted on 01/26/2012 8:50:17 PM PST by HapaxLegamenon
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To: HapaxLegamenon
Santorum - "The rights within our Constitution, they are not unlimited rights. There is and can be limitations on them...There are limitations to all freedoms. There are not absolute rights."

Well he is right. The rights we have are not unlimited: 1) We have a right to free speech but not to libel; 2) We can bear arms but not a nuclear weapon; 3) we can be secure in our home but can be served a warrant; 4) Goverment cannot take private property for public use UNLESS just compensation is given. Etc...

Either something is an inalienable right or it isn't.

If there is no inalienable right to own a nuclear weapon but there is an inalienable right to own a gun, then the inalienable right to own a gun is absolute.

If there is no inalienable right for a felon to own a gun but there is an inalienable right for others to own a gun, then the inalienable right by non felons to own a gun is absolute.

Santorum claims that there are no absolute rights.

An inalienable right by definition is an absolute right.

Santorum doesn't understand inalienable rights, or at least he didn't back in September.

2,151 posted on 01/26/2012 9:07:54 PM PST by FreeReign
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