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[color=darkblue][b]The word "rights" has become meaningless[/b].[/color]  [color=red]True individual rights are inviolate.[/color]  [color=darkred]If I have the right to free speech, you have the right to free speech.  My rights do not lessen or negate your rights.  If I can assemble, you can assemble; if I can be armed, you can be armed; if my house is secure from warrantless searches, yours house is secure from warrantless searches, and so forth[/color].

[b][color=red]Privileges are different[/color].[/b]  [color=darkred]If I have the priviledge of free speech, you can tell me not to say things that bother you.  If you have the priviledge to bear arms, I can tell you not to own scary looking ones that make me feel anxious.  If I have the priviledge to be secure in my home against warrantless searches, you can perform "sneak and peek" secret raids, or tell me that since I live in a public housing, or am driving my car on a public road, you can search my apartment or vehicle anytime you decide[/color].

[b][color=red]According to America's founders, human beings are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights.[/[/color]b]  The meaning of "unalienable" is "incapable of being alienated, surrendered or transferred."  They are protected from the state under the U.S. Constitution.

What has be done was a play on word to twist thing to state that "alienable" rights ie: priviledges granted by the state, that can legally and arbitrarily be taken away whenever the state decides there is "good" reason.
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So explain why you can't yell fire at a theatre? And this is not new, its freespeech right?
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Original Message The word "rights" has become meaningless. True individual rights are inviolate. If I have the right to free speech, you have the right to free speech. My rights do not lessen or negate your rights. If I can assemble, you can assemble; if I can be armed, you can be armed; if my house is secure from warrantless searches, yours house is secure from warrantless searches, and so forth.

Privileges are different. If I have the priviledge of free speech, you can tell me not to say things that bother you. If you have the priviledge to bear arms, I can tell you not to own scary looking ones that make me feel anxious. If I have the priviledge to be secure in my home against warrantless searches, you can perform "sneak and peek" secret raids, or tell me that since I live in a public housing, or am driving my car on a public road, you can search my apartment or vehicle anytime you decide.

According to America's founders, human beings are endowed by our Creator with unalienable rights.[/b] The meaning of "unalienable" is "incapable of being alienated, surrendered or transferred." They are protected from the state under the U.S. Constitution.

What has be done was a play on word to twist thing to state that "alienable" rights ie: priviledges granted by the state, that can legally and arbitrarily be taken away whenever the state decides there is "good" reason.

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