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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (733371)	3/21/2006 12:46:56 PM
From: Joe Btfsplk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

the very heart of the difference between the two Richard Epstein was on CSpan a bit back. He mentioned that at one time, Americans looked on government as a necessary evil. Our indoctrination system is such that that is no longer true. Believe that gets closest to the nub of things.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (733371)	3/21/2006 12:54:42 PM
From: Kevin Rose	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 769670

I think the founder's main point is not religious, but the assertion that certain rights are inherent and inalienable. Although some on the left may disagree with the source of those rights, most agree that these rights are inalienable. However, one of the beautiful things about the Constitution is that we can have differing moral doctrines - say, humanists and Christians - living together in relative harmony, with a binding set of laws that apply equally to all. It is when one facet attempts to unbalance the equation by imposing non-universal tenets from their doctrines that we run into conflict. Sometimes these imbalances are accepted and absorbed, sometimes not. But, it is in the debate and resolution of these imbalances that true democracy lives. Something that Cyberken and his radical ilk, from both sides, don't seem to accept.