Posted on 06/12/2002 11:57:24 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
Edited on 04/12/2004 5:38:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
In your head?
BTW, here's your classic goof on the 9th, -- that started your current confusion now, - from #267: ---
The FED is violating our rights with drug prohibition because they are not Constitutionally authorized to do such a thing, whereas states are (see 9th & 10th amendments). - tex
HOOT ALERT! -- Aggie claims that states are authorized to violate our constitution, by the bill of rights themselves! -- Wild & weird reasoning tex. - Thanks.
So you believe rights are subjective things to be determined by those in power.
The right to swim in a public pool comes from society.
That isn't a right. If your neighbor gives you permission to enter his property for something you do not have the right to be there. You are there because he has allowed it. He could ask you to leave any time. If you had the right to be there then you would not have had to ask permission in the first place.
Where do you contend that right comes from?
When you answer the question as to wether you believe alcohol should be banned, which has been posed to you numerous times, I'll tell you where rights come from.
It's far more dangerous than pot but you want to keep pot illegal and wine legal.
All rights come from the same place. Nobody has the right to swim in a public pool. That is a privilege created by the government who built the pool. You do know the difference between rights and privileges don't you?
EG: Congress shall pass no law..
It seems to me like the states are free to do whatever they see fit within the guidelines of the constution.
The Constitution is not the origin of rights, nor a grant of permission for their exercise.
Bill of Rights, Article 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Bill of Rights, Article 10: The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
The hours that a public pool are open for use are matters of subjective determination by the those responsible for administering the public's property.
[Where do you contend that right comes from?]
When you answer the question as to wether you believe alcohol should be banned, which has been posed to you numerous times, I'll tell you where rights come from.
Bans on the sale of 50% beer seem reasonable to me.
Now, where do you contend that the right to swim in a public pool comes from?
No one could prove, to you, that the sky was blue.
It is obvious to most everyone though, that due process is NOT taking place in the WOD's.
Respectively..
The states have a right to do as they please (within the framework) It's obvious to everyone but you.
I agree with that. The WOD is unconstitutional in it's form, and it has taken many unconstitutional measures that violate are privacy and rights.
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