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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Plowed ground alert.
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> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur writes:
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> > You say "government" like it were an entity which just appeared after some
> > sort of a coup. Here in the UK, the government exists "create an open and
> > inclusive society, where rights are balanced with responsibilities, and
> > where every citizen has the opportunity to succeed and fulfil their
> > potential". The fact is that government is this way in the UK because that
> > is what the electorate want.
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> For now.
>
> Subject to whim reversal, of course, since you have no mandated and
> irrevocable protections of your rights (neither do we, but ours are a bit
> harder to water down since they are in the Constitution, and the ones in
> there tend to get ignored anyway).
In many ways, our rights are stronger than your own. It is true, I don't
have the right to carry a gun to church - but I don't want it.
Scott A
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> Thanks for playing.
>
> ++Lar
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| (...) Provide a cite please. That is, show how your set of rights are *harder to change* than ours, not that they currently give you more or less freedom. (1) That's the point I'm making, which you missed. 1 - they give you less, regardless of what (...) (26 years ago, 16-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| Plowed ground alert. (...) For now. Subject to whim reversal, of course, since you have no mandated and irrevocable protections of your rights (neither do we, but ours are a bit harder to water down since they are in the Constitution, and the ones (...) (26 years ago, 15-Dec-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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