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To: JD86
Lawyer,
look what you wrote in your second paragraph,
immediately after accusing me of a
"...made up example (that) has no value in this discussion..."

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"...Let me try to give you an example for comparison.
Let us say we were discussing the right of a parent to discipline their child without government interference. Let us say my position was that the parents should be allowed to discipline the child. And then you ask well, what if they tie the child up and torture the child and then they kill the child and then they bury the child in the backyard...is that okay? Do you still believe parents can discipline the child? Obviously torture and murder are not within the realm of discipline considered appropriate by most parents. Your example is just as extreme. There is NOTHING in the Patriot Act about going into your house and doing ANYTHING so your example does not apply in this discussion.
# 361 by JD86

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What?!

What possible relevance does an example of punishing a child
have in a discussion of the relationship
between the 4th Amendment and the un-Constitutional "Patriot Act?"

Is it possible that there is a place for parables in this discussion?

394 posted on 11/25/2001 9:00:56 PM PST by exodus
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To: exodus
Nope...:) My hypothetical matches your hypothetical...about the limits on your "absolute" right to do whatever you want in your own home.
Neither your hypothetical nor my hypothetical have anything to do with the Patriot Act.
397 posted on 11/25/2001 9:08:01 PM PST by JD86
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