[CLUE-Talk] Iraq Stuph

[Dennis J Perkins]

Sean LeBlanc wrote:

>On 04-22 15:47, David Willson wrote:
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>>Let us now point out that the same freedom that protects your right to
>>call President Bush an SOB (Matt Gushee), a little twit (Bill Ehlert),
>>or ~not~ my President (Joe Brockmeier), protects my right to say "Oh,
>>shut up!"
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>You forgot the witticisms "shrub" and "raygun". Don't forget this tired
>refrain: "Bush is dumb". Even though I haven't seen that last one on this
>forum, it's said so much elsewhere it's bound to seep in eventually. :)
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>>Now, here's a funny thing:  Every time I, or some like-minded other,
>>says 'shut up', someone accuses me of attacking his right to free speech
>>(which is really a government-endorsed privilege, not a right, but
>>that's another argument).
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>[Oh, let's have another argument, shall we? :) ]
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>I thought it was an inalienable right granted by the Creator?
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>Sean, making a mental note to read the Federalist Papers.
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I think you might want to read the Declaration of Independence.  I think 
it's mentioned in there.  The Founding Fathers had the idea that rights 
belong to the people and that we grant some rights to the government, 
not that the government grants us some rights.  That idea seems to have 
been forgotten by many people, maybe because we don't teach it to our 
children.