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In article <MPG.1ce543554eb48e9d98a2de@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce53d4774f7df779896b5@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > Hmmm. Are you suggesting that the only true patriots are those who feel
> > > a burning need to trash the symbols of the nation? Can't someone love
> > > the actual rights and freedoms *and* be proud of symbols and traditions?
> > >
> > > Isn't the best kind of patriot the guy who does both?
> >
> > The Conservatives don't do both. They're against rights.
>
> They are? Which ones?
>
> > They think it
> > should be majority rules for everything. This is exactly what a right
> > isn't. It says no matter what the majority thinks, you have some right.
> > That's why they hate judges. Judges interpret rights.
>
> Conservatives are, quite understandably, suspicious of judicial activism
> [1] because judicial activism is fundamentally anti-democratic, and can
> be indistinguishable from tyranny[2]. It's one thing to "interpret
> rights," and quite another to legislate from the bench, and the latter
> is increasingly prevalent - particularly in cases where the issue in
> question hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of becoming law by the
> legislative process or referendum.
>
> [This is why the left is willing to see the Democratic party go up in
> flames over its obstructionist tactics on judicial appointments; having
> lost every single other avenue of power - the presidency, the congress,
> the senate, and most of the statehouses - the one area they imagine they
> can retain their increasingly tenuous hold is the judiciary.]
>
> > I certainly
> > think the actual rights are more important than the symbols. The
> > Conservatives don't seem to agree.
>
> Well, they certainly don't agree with your crude strawman-effigy of
> their argument.
>
> [1] You know, when judges stop interpreting laws and start making up
> new ones.
>
> [2] You know, when someone never elected and absolutely untouchable
> through any political process (short of Rule .303) starts issuing fiats.

I hear enough of this BS on conservative talk all day. Do you ever
think up any of these points on your own?

Long live the American Revolution. The liberal revolution.
--

Epi

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"Epi" <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <MPG.1ce543554eb48e9d98a2de@news-east.giganews.com>,
> giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> > In article <MPG.1ce53d4774f7df779896b5@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> > epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
> >
> > > > Hmmm. Are you suggesting that the only true patriots are those who
feel
> > > > a burning need to trash the symbols of the nation? Can't someone
love
> > > > the actual rights and freedoms *and* be proud of symbols and
traditions?
> > > >
> > > > Isn't the best kind of patriot the guy who does both?
> > >
> > > The Conservatives don't do both. They're against rights.
> >
> > They are? Which ones?
> >
> > > They think it
> > > should be majority rules for everything. This is exactly what a right
> > > isn't. It says no matter what the majority thinks, you have some
right.
> > > That's why they hate judges. Judges interpret rights.
> >
> > Conservatives are, quite understandably, suspicious of judicial activism
> > [1] because judicial activism is fundamentally anti-democratic, and can
> > be indistinguishable from tyranny[2]. It's one thing to "interpret
> > rights," and quite another to legislate from the bench, and the latter
> > is increasingly prevalent - particularly in cases where the issue in
> > question hasn't a snowball's chance in hell of becoming law by the
> > legislative process or referendum.
> >
> > [This is why the left is willing to see the Democratic party go up in
> > flames over its obstructionist tactics on judicial appointments; having
> > lost every single other avenue of power - the presidency, the congress,
> > the senate, and most of the statehouses - the one area they imagine they
> > can retain their increasingly tenuous hold is the judiciary.]
> >
> > > I certainly
> > > think the actual rights are more important than the symbols. The
> > > Conservatives don't seem to agree.
> >
> > Well, they certainly don't agree with your crude strawman-effigy of
> > their argument.
> >
> > [1] You know, when judges stop interpreting laws and start making up
> > new ones.
> >
> > [2] You know, when someone never elected and absolutely untouchable
> > through any political process (short of Rule .303) starts issuing fiats.
>
> I hear enough of this BS on conservative talk all day. Do you ever
> think up any of these points on your own?
>
> Long live the American Revolution. The liberal revolution.
> --
>
> Epi
>

gifty just spouts the rush/anne coulter line.
all those minority protecting rules will become the gospel truth when the
dems become the ruling party.
he forgets the u.s. is built on individual rights and not group think.

judges trying to overthrow the state/church separation are as activist as
any.
read judge borks book sometime , he rails against judicial activism but then
he wants to overthrow all sorts of laws that he doesn't like.
 
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> [1] You know, when judges stop interpreting laws and start making up
> new ones.
> [2] You know, when someone never elected and absolutely untouchable
> through any political process (short of Rule .303) starts issuing fiats.

Sounds a lot like islamo fascism. :)

Best regards, Major H.
 
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In article <MPG.1ce547567902873098a2e1@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce5457a22b35ed49896b6@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > I hear enough of this BS on conservative talk all day. Do you ever
> > think up any of these points on your own?
>
> You mean, a whole-cloth-new perspective on why conservatives are
> *conservative*?
>
> > Long live the American Revolution. The liberal revolution.
>
> <laughter>
>
> You talking about the kind of "liberal" who marches in the streets to
> make sure a fascist dictator can rule over 26 million human beings
> indefinitely?

No. I was talking about men like Jefferson. Your nervous laughter
doesn't change anything.
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Epi

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"Epi" <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> In article <MPG.1ce547567902873098a2e1@news-east.giganews.com>,
> giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> > In article <MPG.1ce5457a22b35ed49896b6@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> > epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
> >
> > > I hear enough of this BS on conservative talk all day. Do you ever
> > > think up any of these points on your own?
> >
> > You mean, a whole-cloth-new perspective on why conservatives are
> > *conservative*?
> >
> > > Long live the American Revolution. The liberal revolution.
> >
> > <laughter>
> >
> > You talking about the kind of "liberal" who marches in the streets to
> > make sure a fascist dictator can rule over 26 million human beings
> > indefinitely?
>
> No. I was talking about men like Jefferson. Your nervous laughter
> doesn't change anything.

and men like george washington and james madison, patrick henry and many
others, all dirty liberals.
 
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> It will always exist to some extent (sp?). Would you want to lose your
> child in a war? If you had the power to prevent it, and didn't use it,
> I would think you a very heartless person.
>>

This is some very weird logic you got going. You're telling me that it is
okay for someone to keep someone else from going to war through some little
bit of trickery? And in doing so, possibly indirectly causing the death of
dozens of others? I can see abiding by the law and stopping a son or
daughter from having to fight in a war, but to do it with "all means
necessary"?

That is stupid and immoral and downright criminal. But I guess it's
alright, as long as someone else's daughter or son dies and not mine.



>> To say that the Pentagon is the front lines, when that was the first time
>> in
>> the history of America that American soil had been hit, is absurd. I
>> wonder
>> how many people have died at the Pentagon since that first attack on the
>> Pentagon, compared to how many Americans have died fighting wars in
>> foreign
>> countries?
>
> Of course, this is true. It wasn't the front lines. The rear was hit.
>

Well, sure, that's funny. But you only crack the joke because you see the
absurdity of yourself comparing the Pentagon to fighting on the front lines.
You obviously do not actually believe what you said, earlier.

Wars are not popular. They are nasty and very often unjustified. The Iraq
War, this time, has no justifiable foundation, neither morally or ethically.
We cannot as a country go around trying to bully smaller nations just
because some president wants everyone to think we mean business.

And all for what? How many people have been actually convicted in
connection with 911? One-- some freakin' "shoe-bomber". While Bin Laden
and the rest continue to roam, with terrorism actually gaining sustenance
from our misguided "war on terror", while the country as a whole continues
to think we're on the right track, while men and women die-- it is rather
disgusting.

But then, heck-- it ain't my son or daughter dying. I'll just slap some
token flag on my car and support a president who is getting our country
deeper and deeper into debt.

"But you don't ask questions, with God on your side."-- that must be it,
certainly.

Alanb
 
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"Alan Bernardo" <ifeelyourpain@ihatebush.net> wrote in message
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> > It will always exist to some extent (sp?). Would you want to lose your
> > child in a war? If you had the power to prevent it, and didn't use it,
> > I would think you a very heartless person.
> >>
>
> This is some very weird logic you got going. You're telling me that it is
> okay for someone to keep someone else from going to war through some
little
> bit of trickery? And in doing so, possibly indirectly causing the death
of
> dozens of others? I can see abiding by the law and stopping a son or
> daughter from having to fight in a war, but to do it with "all means
> necessary"?
>
> That is stupid and immoral and downright criminal. But I guess it's
> alright, as long as someone else's daughter or son dies and not mine.

as they say, rich man's war, poor man's fight
 
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"Giftzwerg" > Well, this is true for suitably small values of "no
justifiable
> foundation." Of course, there's all those UN resolutions, and that
> pesky Congressional resolution authorizing the use of force, not to
> mention the flagrant violations of the 1991 cease-fire ... but who's
> counting, eh?

how many resolutions are there condemimg israel? are you for taking them
out too? i'm sure you are all for bolton and share his contemptuous view of
the u.n.
congresses resolution was meant as a tool to help negotiations not a
outright "sic'em" as the shrub used it. you love to cherry pick gifty.
 
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"Giftzwerg" <giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ce5db2c7d2d3b4f98a2e9@news-east.giganews.com...
> In article <KtOdnWP1vsnvkuHfRVn-qQ@comcast.com>, roh@comcast.net says...
> >
> > "Giftzwerg" > Well, this is true for suitably small values of "no
> > justifiable
> > > foundation." Of course, there's all those UN resolutions, and that
> > > pesky Congressional resolution authorizing the use of force, not to
> > > mention the flagrant violations of the 1991 cease-fire ... but who's
> > > counting, eh?
> >
> > how many resolutions are there condemimg israel?
>
> Who cares?
>
> > are you for taking them
> > out too?
>
> Of course not.

well do we respect the u.n. or not, you mention the u.n. resolutions
condeming saddam as justification in one breath and then in the next say the
u.n. is irrelevent . which is it.
thatt is the consistancy we'e come to expect from you.

stick to what you're good at reviewing games.
 
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In article <MPG.1ce5b93d9eadf74998a2e7@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce588dc5ce39eba9896bb@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > > You sort of avoided the point didn't you. Conservatives seem to be
> > > > against everything our founding fathers were for.
> > >
> > > Like what?
> >
> > Like I mentioned before, Conservatives don't seem to believe in the
> > concept of rights.
>
> Ah, so it's "rights" that conservatives object to? How very *specific*
> of you!
>
> <laughter>
>
> And here I was thinking it was *goodness* they were against.
>
> > If ray is so stupid, maybe you could defeat his points then.
>
> What points? Your lame, vague-ass assertion is that conservatives are
> against "rights." I can defeat this dimwitted "argument" trivially.
>
> Watch.
>
> "Conservatives are in favor of the right to bear arms."
>
> "Thus conservatives are in favor of at least one right."
>
> "Thus conservatives cannot be said to 'not believe in the concept of
> rights'."
>
> See how easy this is?
>
> Conservatives might not believe that all the things *you* imagine are
> rights are properly rights, but it's demonstrably wrong to say that they
> don't believe in them.
>
> [For my next trick, I'll mope the floor with your asinine theory that
> conservatives are, "against everything our founding fathers were for."]

I didn't mention any specific rights. I mentioned the concept.
Apparently you have no argument here since you didn't address it. The
fact that they can find one they like doesn't really mean much. There
still against the concept.
--

Epi

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In article <Y_ydnczO76iLcubfRVn-2A@comcast.com>,
ifeelyourpain@ihatebush.net says...
> > It will always exist to some extent (sp?). Would you want to lose your
> > child in a war? If you had the power to prevent it, and didn't use it,
> > I would think you a very heartless person.
> >>
>
> This is some very weird logic you got going. You're telling me that it is
> okay for someone to keep someone else from going to war through some little
> bit of trickery? And in doing so, possibly indirectly causing the death of
> dozens of others? I can see abiding by the law and stopping a son or
> daughter from having to fight in a war, but to do it with "all means
> necessary"?
>
> That is stupid and immoral and downright criminal. But I guess it's
> alright, as long as someone else's daughter or son dies and not mine.

You remind me of the animal rights guy who said he would rather see his
child die than benefit from animal testing. You need to start looking
at things with real human emotions, not just politics.
>
> >> To say that the Pentagon is the front lines, when that was the first time
> >> in
> >> the history of America that American soil had been hit, is absurd. I
> >> wonder
> >> how many people have died at the Pentagon since that first attack on the
> >> Pentagon, compared to how many Americans have died fighting wars in
> >> foreign
> >> countries?
> >
> > Of course, this is true. It wasn't the front lines. The rear was hit.
> >
>
> Well, sure, that's funny. But you only crack the joke because you see the
> absurdity of yourself comparing the Pentagon to fighting on the front lines.
> You obviously do not actually believe what you said, earlier.

What joke? I made no such comparison. I only say things I believe.

Are you european? I ask because I view European liberals in sort of the
same light I view American conservatives.

Epi

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In article <MPG.1ce5d0fc65952a6a98a2e8@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <Y_ydnczO76iLcubfRVn-2A@comcast.com>,
> ifeelyourpain@ihatebush.net says...
>
> > > It will always exist to some extent (sp?). Would you want to lose your
> > > child in a war? If you had the power to prevent it, and didn't use it,
> > > I would think you a very heartless person.
>
> > This is some very weird logic you got going. You're telling me that it is
> > okay for someone to keep someone else from going to war through some little
> > bit of trickery? And in doing so, possibly indirectly causing the death of
> > dozens of others? I can see abiding by the law and stopping a son or
> > daughter from having to fight in a war, but to do it with "all means
> > necessary"?
> >
> > That is stupid and immoral and downright criminal. But I guess it's
> > alright, as long as someone else's daughter or son dies and not mine.
>
> <helpless laughter>
>
> Here we have one dumbass forgetting that the other dumbass is on his
> side. Oh, my, but this is ironic and delightful.
>
> > Wars are not popular. They are nasty and very often unjustified. The Iraq
> > War, this time, has no justifiable foundation, neither morally or ethically.
> > We cannot as a country go around trying to bully smaller nations just
> > because some president wants everyone to think we mean business.
> Hmmmm. How many acts of terrorism have occurred on US soil since 9/11?
>
> Zero?

How many occurred in the three or four years before?

--

Epi

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Epi <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:MPG.1ce6230f364a5cca9896bd@news.east.earthlink.net:

> Are you european? I ask because I view European liberals in sort of
> the same light I view American conservatives.

That's because in many European countries (not the UK with it's Lib-
Dem's) the Liberal party is actually the right-wing party. This word-
orientation makes more more sense too as they are in favour of free
enterprise vs. state-owned and individual responsibility vs.
collectivism. Check the composition of the Liberal faction

http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps.short_list?
ilg=EN&ictry=&ipolgrp=ALDE&iorig=

All solid conservatives :)

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
 
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On Thu, 5 May 2005 19:13:34 -0400, Giftzwerg
<giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>And the latest "poor and downtrodden" friend of mine who was dispatched
>to Iraq with his unit was a finance and insurance manager with a six-
>figure income.
>
>I'm curious; is he only "poor and downtrodden" when he's actually
>serving his country?
>

I will hazard a guess that he is speaking in generalities, and you are
speaking in anecdotes. I suppose it is fairly easy to poke holes in
each others arguments when each is arguing on a different scale (or
even a different topic).

During Vietnam there was a "general trend" for those who could afford
college, to get college deferments. Now, with the all volunteer army,
there is a "general trend" that- those with few job prospects, would
consider the military a better choice than those with hot job skills.

This does not suggest that the term "general trend" applies to 100%
of the populace.
 
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Eddy Sterckx wrote:
> Epi <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.1ce6230f364a5cca9896bd@news.east.earthlink.net:
>
>
>>Are you european? I ask because I view European liberals in sort of
>>the same light I view American conservatives.
>
>
> That's because in many European countries (not the UK with it's Lib-
> Dem's) the Liberal party is actually the right-wing party. This word-
> orientation makes more more sense too as they are in favour of free
> enterprise vs. state-owned and individual responsibility vs.
> collectivism. Check the composition of the Liberal faction
>
Here in the UK we seem to have bucked the trend by getting a Lib-Dem
party that is to the left of the Labour party, who in turn are only just
to the right of the Conservative party 🙂

p.s. Why does everyone lump all of Europeans together as though we only
hold one view?

> http://wwwdb.europarl.eu.int/ep6/owa/p_meps.short_list?
> ilg=EN&ictry=&ipolgrp=ALDE&iorig=
>
> All solid conservatives :)
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx
>
 
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JAB <nothanks@nohope.net> wrote in news:q1%ee.24081$5A3.3109@newsfe4-
win.ntli.net:

> Eddy Sterckx wrote:
>> Epi <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in
>> news:MPG.1ce6230f364a5cca9896bd@news.east.earthlink.net:
>>
>>
>>>Are you european? I ask because I view European liberals in sort of
>>>the same light I view American conservatives.
>>
>>
>> That's because in many European countries (not the UK with it's Lib-
>> Dem's) the Liberal party is actually the right-wing party. This word-
>> orientation makes more more sense too as they are in favour of free
>> enterprise vs. state-owned and individual responsibility vs.
>> collectivism. Check the composition of the Liberal faction
>>
> Here in the UK we seem to have bucked the trend by getting a Lib-Dem
> party that is to the left of the Labour party, who in turn are only
just
> to the right of the Conservative party 🙂
>
> p.s. Why does everyone lump all of Europeans together as though we
only
> hold one view?

For the same reason you hear the phraze "Americans like/do/act
<whatever>" so often over here. In an oral discussion a generalization
is often seen as a strong argument, while in a written discussion where
people take the time to think about it, it often becomes absurd.

You won't see the smart guys in here ever posting something in absolute
terms - and I'm absolutely 100% sure of that !

Greetz,

Eddy Sterckx
 
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Eddy Sterckx wrote:
> JAB <nothanks@nohope.net> wrote in news:q1%ee.24081$5A3.3109@newsfe4-
> win.ntli.net:
>
>
>>Eddy Sterckx wrote:
>>
>>>Epi <epicat1212@hotmail.com> wrote in
>>>news:MPG.1ce6230f364a5cca9896bd@news.east.earthlink.net:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Are you european? I ask because I view European liberals in sort of
>>>>the same light I view American conservatives.
>>>
>>>
>>>That's because in many European countries (not the UK with it's Lib-
>>>Dem's) the Liberal party is actually the right-wing party. This word-
>>>orientation makes more more sense too as they are in favour of free
>>>enterprise vs. state-owned and individual responsibility vs.
>>>collectivism. Check the composition of the Liberal faction
>>>
>>
>>Here in the UK we seem to have bucked the trend by getting a Lib-Dem
>>party that is to the left of the Labour party, who in turn are only
>
> just
>
>>to the right of the Conservative party 🙂
>>
>>p.s. Why does everyone lump all of Europeans together as though we
>
> only
>
>>hold one view?
>
>
> For the same reason you hear the phraze "Americans like/do/act
> <whatever>" so often over here. In an oral discussion a generalization
> is often seen as a strong argument, while in a written discussion where
> people take the time to think about it, it often becomes absurd.
>
> You won't see the smart guys in here ever posting something in absolute
> terms - and I'm absolutely 100% sure of that !
>
> Greetz,
>
> Eddy Sterckx
>
>
>
>
>
In my limited experience of meeting Americans I was taken aback by the
difference between those I met in Washington and those in Texas.

About the only generalisation that seems to hold true is the that all
claim to be Irish, Scottish, Polish etc. 🙂
 
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> Nice try, but conservatives - just like everyone else - believe in a
> wide variety of "rights." This logically presupposes a belief in the
> concept of rights. That they defend a wholly different subset of all
> possible rights might upset you, but it fails to rescue your idiotic
> argument.

Then why is it they think the majority should always decide everything?
This belief runs against a belief in the concept of rights.
--

Epi

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In article <MPG.1ce671b6636cdde998a2ec@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce623881a8edc169896be@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > Hmmmm. How many acts of terrorism have occurred on US soil since 9/11?
> > >
> > > Zero?
> >
> > How many occurred in the three or four years before?
>
> Who cares? If the discussion is about our *response* to 9/11, and
> whether it has been effective or not, then babbling about what happened
> before 9/11 is entirely irrelevant.

The point would be that zero is not a significant amount less than
zero. You're the one who brought it up.
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In article <MPG.1ce674d08ccf70998a2ed@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce67279f0a12b4f9896bf@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > Nice try, but conservatives - just like everyone else - believe in a
> > > wide variety of "rights." This logically presupposes a belief in the
> > > concept of rights. That they defend a wholly different subset of all
> > > possible rights might upset you, but it fails to rescue your idiotic
> > > argument.
> >
> > Then why is it they think the majority should always decide everything?
>
> Hmmm. In a democracy, who should decide things?
>
> The minority?

Dude, maybe you need to take a government class. Rights guarantee
certain things no matter what the majority thinks. That's all they are.
Imagine this, the majority decides one day that no conservative opinion
can be expressed publicly. That doesn't work though. Can you guess
why? I'll give you a hint. The word starts with an "r." No, not
Republicans.
>
> > This belief runs against a belief in the concept of rights.
>
> How so?

See above. Rights gaurantee certain things no matter what the majority
thinks. That's all they are. That's there only reason to exist.

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In article <MPG.1ce67b433e6e609a98a2ee@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce672da79399fd29896c0@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > > > Hmmmm. How many acts of terrorism have occurred on US soil since 9/11?
> > > > >
> > > > > Zero?
> > > >
> > > > How many occurred in the three or four years before?
> > >
> > > Who cares? If the discussion is about our *response* to 9/11, and
> > > whether it has been effective or not, then babbling about what happened
> > > before 9/11 is entirely irrelevant.
> >
> > The point would be that zero is not a significant amount less than
> > zero. You're the one who brought it up.
>
> The original sentiment, which you elided, was:
>
> "And all for what? How many people have been actually convicted in
> connection with 911? One-- some freakin' "shoe-bomber". While Bin
> Laden and the rest continue to roam, with terrorism actually gaining
> sustenance from our misguided "war on terror", while the country as a
> whole continues to think we're on the right track, while men and women
> die--it is rather disgusting."
>
> Now, there are multiple instances of stupidity and naivety encapsulated
> in the ill-reasoned agglomeration of stock-phrases from the lefty
> lexicon, but to refute the mainly silly points:
>
> (1) It makes no difference how many "convictions" are forthcoming from
I was responding to your point. I agree that a lot more has been done
for security since 9/11. I wouldn't say that's just because of Bush
though. I think more would have been done under any president. I don't
blame Bush for not taking terrorism as seriously before 9/11 than he
does now either. Only natural.

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In article <MPG.1ce680bd3dabe30198a2ef@news-east.giganews.com>,
giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com says...
> In article <MPG.1ce6182289bef68b9896c1@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > > Then why is it they think the majority should always decide everything?
> > >
> > > Hmmm. In a democracy, who should decide things?
> > >
> > > The minority?
> >
> > Dude, maybe you need to take a government class. Rights guarantee
> > certain things no matter what the majority thinks. That's all they are.
>
> Obviously. But the devil's in the details, and the whole issue boils
> down to exactly what things are rights and what things aren't rights. I
> much prefer a state of affairs where we actually *write down* the rights
> we have (Hey, we could call the paper we write them on a
> "constitution!"), the better to know precisely what our rights are - and
> what the rights of our fellows are *not*.
>
> And the fact that some "rights" can be zero-sum gains that affect
> certain citizens negatively, I much prefer that the process of granting
> new "rights" be undertaken through the political process. It's no
> accident that the Founding Fathers made the process of altering the
> Constitution a *very* difficult political process that requires an
> enormous *majority*.
>
> The left appears to like the process whereby a tiny minority of activist
> judges "discover" new "rights" where they previously didn't exist - even
> when those rights conflict with others.
>
> > Imagine this, the majority decides one day that no conservative opinion
> > can be expressed publicly. That doesn't work though. Can you guess
> > why? I'll give you a hint. The word starts with an "r." No, not
> > Republicans.
>
> Imagine this, a tiny minority of judicial activists discover one day
> that the US Constitution states that no liberal opinion can be expressed
> publicly.
>
> What ya gonna do about that, chief?
I was talking about conservatives think the majority should decide
everything. Not judges.

> Obviously.

It wasn't so obvious to you a minute ago.

> Imagine this, a tiny minority of judicial activists discover one day
> that the US Constitution states that no liberal opinion can be expressed
> publicly.
>
> What ya gonna do about that, chief?

Somebody has to interpret the rights. It's the judiciary the way we
have it set up. We can't just have everyone running around interpreting
it for themselves. Is that what you would suggest? The judges have
gone too far sometimes, but that's not every time they make a non-
conservative opinion. This is what conservatives act like.
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> Imagine this, a tiny minority of judicial activists discover one day
> that the US Constitution states that no liberal opinion can be expressed
> publicly.
>
> What ya gonna do about that, chief?

If you meant would I rather have a system with no rights. Definitely
not.

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"Giftzwerg" <giftzwerg999@NOSPAMZ.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1ce674d08ccf70998a2ed@news-east.giganews.com...
> In article <MPG.1ce67279f0a12b4f9896bf@news.east.earthlink.net>,
> epicat1212@hotmail.com says...
>
> > > Nice try, but conservatives - just like everyone else - believe in a
> > > wide variety of "rights." This logically presupposes a belief in the
> > > concept of rights. That they defend a wholly different subset of all
> > > possible rights might upset you, but it fails to rescue your idiotic
> > > argument.
> >
> > Then why is it they think the majority should always decide everything?
>
> Hmmm. In a democracy, who should decide things?
>
> The minority?
>
> > This belief runs against a belief in the concept of rights.
>
> How so?

we live a republic gifty, the senate and the independent judiciary where
created to deflect the "tyranny of the majority" by the founding fathers.
alexander hamilton said "democracy is mobocracy". thats why the came up with
rules requiring 60% votes to change the rules and why the senate and not the
house of reps has the duty to confirm judges. they did all that to keep it
from just being majority rule. sometimes the individual or the minority is
right.
 
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"Giftzwerg" > Imagine this, a tiny minority of judicial activists discover
one day
> that the US Constitution states that no liberal opinion can be expressed
> publicly.
?


thats what bush and his ilk are aiming for. they don't even want you to
think it at home.