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| Dewey | Nov 5 2005, 11:04 AM Post #26 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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"Don't like their decision? Vote for someone else. " I think that's at the heart of the recent legislation, which correctly sees that the public is so outraged at the situation, that if their rights aren't definitively protected, they will vote the politicians out of office. There is no measuring instrument known to mankind that is more finely attuned and calibrated than a politician sensing from the general public that his phoney-baloney job is on the line. "It's the greatest good for the greatest number." No, it isn't always thus. In fact, that's the whole reason for a Bill of Rights, to protect us from tyranny, whether a tyranny of a government, or a tyranny of the mob. "Which underlies the argument that each of you make in favor of torturing terrorists. " Each of us? Examples, please; be sure to provide quotes of mine indicating that I support torture. Otherwise, be a bit more accurate in your wording. Locally, we work really hard on conservation issues. In addition to our Township government itself, a Land Trust has been established to act as receivers of conservation easements, and outright gifts of land, that is considered environmentally sensitive and worthy of protection. The Township itself has purchased property for conservation, as well. This is clearly a "public interest." But note the difference: no one has put a gun to the head of landowners who want to grant easements or outright ownership of this land; and the Township purchases of land have been at market rate, not simply taken at greatly reduced cost through eminent domain prcedure. To have done so would not have been an appropriate use of the concept - not for preservation of triple-canopy woodlands, and certainly not for a private developer to build another Hampton Inn. Sorry, I stand up for rights of free speech just as much as property rights. Property rights are not superior to free speech rights, but neither are they subservient to them. |
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"By nature, i prefer brevity." - John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, p. 685. "Never waste your time trying to explain yourself to people who are committed to misunderstanding you." - Anonymous "Oh sure, every once in a while a turd floated by, but other than that it was just fine." - Joe A., 2011 I'll answer your other comments later, but my primary priority for the rest of the evening is to get drunk." - Klaus, 12/31/14 | |
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| JBryan | Nov 5 2005, 02:18 PM Post #27 |
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I am the grey one
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I answered your question here:
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 5 2005, 02:29 PM Post #28 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Asking a question (and that sentence was phrased as a question, even if it grammatically lacked a question mark) is not the same as answering a question. Unless you happen to be a law professor, which you are not. ![]() Moreover, you haven't answered the question at all. You talked about property rights, again. I take it as a given that you view property rights as important. So, for the third time, here is the question:
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| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| Larry | Nov 5 2005, 03:27 PM Post #29 |
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
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We don't want the courts to defer to the legislature. We want the courts to defer to the Constitution. That has been happening less and less. |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 5 2005, 03:44 PM Post #30 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Not on free speech. Not on due process, an inherently (and in all likelihood deliberately) amorphous and poorly-defined concept. Not on equal protection, another inherently amorphous and poorly defined concept. Not on the concept of torture, because the Eighth Amendment says, fairly plainly, that "cruel and unusual punishments [shall not be] inflicted", and makes absolutely no distinction between citizens and non-citizens. In fact, conservatives have been twisting themselves into knots trying to justify how some parts of the Constitution don't apply to the U.S. government's actions against non-citizens, when that concept is absolutely NOT part of the plain language of the document. Apparently plain language is only plain when it means what you want it to mean; if it indicates something else, you have to think about what the Founders meant, rather than what they said. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| JBryan | Nov 5 2005, 03:45 PM Post #31 |
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I am the grey one
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I hate to do this again but what Constitutional rights do I regard as not worthy of protection? <-- ![]() Or, more specifically, for which Constitutional rights do I want to defer to the legislature? |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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| QuirtEvans | Nov 5 2005, 04:16 PM Post #32 |
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I Owe It All To John D'Oh
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Fair enough, I'll have to remember that answering a question with a question that implies, but does not state, the answer is viewed as reasonable by you. |
| It would be unwise to underestimate what large groups of ill-informed people acting together can achieve. -- John D'Oh, January 14, 2010. | |
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| JBryan | Nov 5 2005, 04:21 PM Post #33 |
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I am the grey one
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Not sure what you mean by this. You may have to be more specific.
You and Jeffrey devolved into an argument over symantics with regard to torture. The people who drafted the Eighth Amendment would probably have a collective yawn for most of things you listed as torture there.
I recall having this discussion with you before and I believe the upshot was that we both agreed that anyone held in the custody of the US Government is entitled to due process. As you know, due process can take on many procedural forms depending on the situation and we may not still see eye to eye on that. |
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"Any man who would make an X rated movie should be forced to take his daughter to see it". - John Wayne There is a line we cross when we go from "I will believe it when I see it" to "I will see it when I believe it". Henry II: I marvel at you after all these years. Still like a democratic drawbridge: going down for everybody. Eleanor: At my age there's not much traffic anymore. From The Lion in Winter. | |
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