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> -----Original Message----- |
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> From: felix@×××××××.com [mailto:felix@×××××××.com] |
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> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 2:09 PM |
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> To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o |
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> Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: How To Play WMV (thread drift - |
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> slaveryware) |
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> On Fri, Sep 29, 2006 at 01:41:36PM -0700, Bob Young wrote: |
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> > Article 1 - Free exercise of religion: Lots of people every day. |
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> Please give some example from news sources of people today who have to |
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> go to court to enforce those freedoms. Not very many, is it? |
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> Seems |
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> pretty theoretical to me. |
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No one goes to court to "enforce" freedoms, it is the job of the courts, and |
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ultimately, the U.S. Supreme court, to determine whether or not a right |
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delineated in the constitution has been violated. I don't consider Supreme |
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court rulings to be theoretical. OTOH, people exercise their constitutional |
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rights such as freedom of religion, and the right to bear arms, each and |
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every day, there is nothing theoretical about that either, so sorry, I don't |
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understand your point. |
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I'll just say again that I think to equate open source with the freedoms |
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granted by the constitution is hyperbolic, silly, and tends to somewhat |
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trivialize the true definition of freedom. |
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Regards |
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Bob Young |
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