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Politics : Impeach George W. Bush -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: jttmab who wrote (5305)	7/20/2001 2:40:28 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

The First Amendment's "right of the people to assemble peaceably and petition the government for a redress of grievances" has been interpreted by the Supreme Court as an individual right. You don't want to give that up. The Fourth Amendment guarantee of "the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures" has been interpreted as an individual right. You don't want to give that up. Registration amounts to an unreasonable search, which could and has resulted in unreasonable seizure in other countries (Australia for one). In the Federalist Papers, Madison states that the "governments [of Europe] are afraid to trust the people with arms." Madison was implicitly referring to individuals because he contrasted "people" to government, which refused to recognize the people's right to be armed. Madison spoke of "the advantage of being armed" which Americans possess over the people of almost any other nation." The advantage in question was not merely the protection of borders which could be accomplished by a standing army; Madison knew that an armed public was advantageous in protecting individual liberty. Including, to return to the central point of your question, the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.

To: jttmab who wrote (5305)	7/20/2001 2:48:11 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93284

Whenever I can, I admonish young people to do their own thinking. I've found that they are too often held sway by the popular notions of their time. It is vital that they do their own thinking, because there is no shortage of people willing to do it for them. That's the objection I have over arguments and positions held by the liberal people on this and other threads. They are far too willing to accept the arguments offered by the most charismatic or popular person in their sphere of existence. Bill Clinton is the most obvious example. Heck, even I believed him when he looked me in the eye and said "I'm going to say this again. I want you to listen to me. I did not..." And so forth. That is a huge mistake. You must do your own thinking.