Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 08:22:47 -0700 From: dave_janecek@NETVALUE.NET (Dave Janecek) Subject: Re: rights To: AZRKBA@asu.edu
At 08:08 AM 25-03-00 -0700, you wrote: > >
> > Wrong.
> > Rights may be temporarily lost,
> > camoflaged, concealed or stolen.
> >
> > You ALWAYS have your Constitutional
> > Rights.
>
>You mean if there is no constitution, there are no rights? Perhaps we
>should consider the concept of natural rights, god-given right.
Good question.
Clarification would be welcome. There are already attempts being made to "redefine" our individual right to keep and bear arms for example; into a state's right to arm itself with its own army. We also have non-Jewish Christian churches attempting to redefine "Thou shalt not murder" into "Thou shalt not kill".
>(Un)alienable rights. All a constitution does is slow the bandits up a
>bit.
And the same goes for churches. Encouraging the individual to hear all of the facts and then to make up his own mind is commendable.
>Rick