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Attn: Concerned Citizens of the US | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 11:05:12 |
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This is open to everyone, despite the title. | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 11:06:13 |
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Won't happen under these people. | by adiplomat | 2003-07-11 11:09:46 |
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That's why I'm going to vote Dem next election. | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 11:11:24 |
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See. *THATS* why US politics is screwed up. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 11:27:15 |
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I suggest you actually read TMBI's post | by adiplomat | 2003-07-11 11:30:19 |
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But then that's not democracy. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 11:37:22 |
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Newsflash! America Not A Democracy. | by Naruki | 2003-07-11 11:38:53 |
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We're not a direct democracy | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 11:48:05 |
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We have every right to complain, through our votes | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 11:55:31 |
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Even at the expense of the country? | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 11:59:32 |
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Yes, even at the expense of the country. | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 12:03:39 |
| Much like communism, that only works on paper. |
by subbywan |
2003-07-11 12:09:37 |
If everyone works together, yes, it works nicely.
When you defend those freedoms even at the cost of the country you will lose your country and then what good are your rights?
As I said, you can't remove individual rights and you can't grant them all. There must be a compromise between the needs of the many and the needs of the individual. Going too far in either direction will result in the destruction of both.
If the nation is composed of individuals, what's keeping them together? You'll still wind up with a 1984-type thought police; they'll just be making sure your speech and thoughts don't offend anyone else. |
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Hoss puckey. | by sparkyr | 2003-07-11 12:15:14 |
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As I said. It works on paper. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 12:21:10 |
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Then | by mirage | 2003-07-11 12:27:13 |
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Oh, wait I forgot, we can't | by sparkyr | 2003-07-11 12:40:02 |
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Nah. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 12:47:41 |
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No Child Left Behind | by saxguy | 2003-07-11 13:15:22 |
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What exactly IS the function of the school system? | by LurkerMo | 2003-07-11 13:31:55 |
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Unfort, Parents are more and more demanding | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 13:48:29 |
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What would it take for parents to meet their | by LurkerMo | 2003-07-11 13:59:28 |
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You want honest or nice? *grin* | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 14:06:07 |
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Unfortunately, as beneficial to Society as it | by LurkerMo | 2003-07-11 14:56:30 |
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Yep. And therein lies the problem. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 15:01:59 |
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Am actively working on that. (n/t) | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 12:40:54 |
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Not at all. | by TheyMustBIdiots | 2003-07-11 12:15:33 |
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That would be wonderful it it worked like that. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 12:26:01 |
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Okay, but that's not freedom of speech | by sparkyr | 2003-07-11 13:53:03 |
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But you're having to restrict your speech. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 14:02:43 |
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You got that backwards. | by Naruki | 2003-07-11 14:49:53 |
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Ben Stein probably wouldn't threaten if he were | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 15:04:49 |
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It SHOULD be, yes. | by LurkerMo | 2003-07-11 14:05:29 |
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That's like saying those who support | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 14:17:27 |
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Take another look. This technique that you | by LurkerMo | 2003-07-11 14:53:10 |
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Do you support an adulterer? | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 15:08:33 |
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You could probably get away with that | by Naruki | 2003-07-11 14:48:44 |
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Clinton has nothing to say about it. | by subbywan | 2003-07-11 14:52:00 |
