Majority Rule vs Individual Rights

[dblack]

It seems strange that the crazy angry left that was drifting towards anarchy and socialism is suddenly worried about their Constitutional rights.

Tale as old as time. Both parties gain affinity for limited government when they lose power. And forget it as soon as they're back in.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

How were the Founding Fathers for Individual Rights, when only White land owning men could even vote in the first election?

Simple, no one else mattered other than them, factually and legislatively.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I do not support the Individual rights of Illegal Mexicans, Muslim refugees, Gay marriages, Abortionists, Heroin shooters, or Black gangsters.

Thanks but no thanks.

Well thankfully your support is not needed for the enforcement of the rights of those whom you feel don't deserve them.

 

[NewsVine_Mariyam]

I want to rape and kill with impunity. Thanks...

What you want doesn't matter so much, it's what you attempt.

 

[Flash]

Democracy sucks when it takes away individual freedom.

Democracy can be just as brutal or liberty robbing as any other form of authoritative government.

Democratic socialism is just another form of thievery. It is also slavery to the state for those that have to pay the bill.

 

[Yarddog]

Whoever said, 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' only said it because his needs weren't in jeopardy.

I believe it was Spock, and he said it when explaining to Kirk why he accepted certain death to save the ship and its crew.

But, Spock made his choice, it wasn't forced upon him. That's the definition of personal liberty.

We should make Spock the next SC Justice

Ummm ... he's Jewish.

Is that a disqualifier?

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Whoever said, 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' only said it because his needs weren't in jeopardy.

I believe it was Spock, and he said it when explaining to Kirk why he accepted certain death to save the ship and its crew.

But, Spock made his choice, it wasn't forced upon him. That's the definition of personal liberty.

We should make Spock the next SC Justice

Ummm ... he's Jewish.

He's also just a little bit dead!

But then again that hasn't stopped Ginsburg!

 

[fncceo]

Whoever said, 'The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few' only said it because his needs weren't in jeopardy.

I believe it was Spock, and he said it when explaining to Kirk why he accepted certain death to save the ship and its crew.

But, Spock made his choice, it wasn't forced upon him. That's the definition of personal liberty.

We should make Spock the next SC Justice

Ummm ... he's Jewish.

Is that a disqualifier?

Some people seem to think it is.

 

[gallantwarrior]

I was guessing something like that, but thanks for clearing things up. Spell-check isn't always what it's cracked up to be. And yes, I agree that morals and values are important. What we're experiencing right now is a severe schism about what constitutes "morals" and "values". Some of us consider abortion to be the murder of unborn children perpetrated by women who preferred easy sexual gratification to the choice of saying "no". Others consider denial of the "right" to an abortion to be an abrogation of individual right to choose it as an option to other forms of birth control.

Those things were determined thousands of years ago. The problem is that we’ve reached a point in technology and “intellect” where people want to believe they can out-think or supersede the powers that created this universe because they don’t like the rules.

"Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child."— Robert A. Heinlein
The human animal is nothing if not arrogant.