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On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 04:03:25PM -0700, Bob Young wrote: |
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> That's almost entirely a theoretical difference, in the real world |
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> this "freedom" is actually exercised very little if at all. |
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Almost?!? How many people actually use the freedoms guaranteed by the |
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US constitution? For almost all of them, it is a theoretical freedom |
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they never use. Look at the current brouhaha over habeas corpus for |
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non-citizens, just voted out of existence by Congress and almost |
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certain to be voided as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for the |
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third time. Almost no US citizen will ever be affected by this -- |
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only two have been affected by it so far -- yet I doubt you'd be |
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interested in a constitutional amendment to remove it altogether. |
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Good gosh. "Almost entirely a theoretical difference" -- what a |
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phrase. I can't believe anyone could utter such nonsense. I will |
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never have to worry about a tons of freedoms that are theoretically |
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guaranteed by the US constitution, but I am almighty glad they exist. |
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