Redfish
Diamond Member
oh no the semantics ploy!Wrong, only US citizens have the rights and protections provided by the US constitution.
It's so, SO depressing when people don't understand their own constitution, it really is.
Again, the US Constitution doesn't give rights at all, it merely prevents the US govt from doing something, thereby protecting rights from the US govt.
Certain parts of the BoRs state that the govt cannot do something. This means, ironically enough, that the US govt CAN'T DO IT.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion,"
This means Congress can't do it. It doesn't mean it can't do it unless the people involved are not US citizens.
"No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, "
No person, this means NO PERSON. It doesn't mean, "No American person".
Also, the Supreme Court has stated this, tourists who go on holiday to the US do NOT forfeit their rights in any way, shape or form.
Rights are considered to be held by ALL PEOPLE.
So, in your small mind, people living in Taiwan have the protections and rights of the US constitution? Do people in this country illegally have constitutional rights? How about convicted felons?
your "ALL PEOPLE" statement is both naïve and ignorant.
Did I say that? No I did not.
People in Taiwan have HUMAN RIGHTS.
People from Taiwan who are in the US have the protection of the US Constitution.
Do you understand?
you said "Rights are considered to be held by ALL PEOPLE" the discussion was on US constitutional rights. US constitutional rights are not considered held by all people. Only US citizens and non-citizens who are in this country LEGALLY.
We consider that basic human rights are conferred by God, many nations take away some or all of those human rights, such as muslim nations that treat women as property with no rights except those conferred by their husbands or fathers.
I don't know why you libs are so ignorant about the US constitution. Should we blame the teachers union?
words mean what they mean, grammar puts words in the proper context. Sorry if you failed 5th grade English class.