2006-08-25 18:21:21 · 10 answers · asked by greg j. 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Obviously the first part is correct, but guns, fear, greed and money have alot to say for the second!
2006-08-25 18:25:25 · answer #1 · answered by Star_Zero 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is kind of a give and take relationship.
The constitution says that we are afforded every right and freedom that we can think of, with one exception. The rights that we take for ourselves may NOT impose of the rights and freedoms of others.
It is the Governments responsibility to protect people's rights by force of law. This is not to say that our government cannot make mistakes. Looking through history (the Jim Crow laws come to mind here) we know that some bad choices have been made.
Over all though, I would say, yes, the government has the right to impose laws for the sake of protection of rights. It is up to us (ie. the legislature) to make sure the laws in question are constitutional.
2006-08-25 18:29:38 · answer #2 · answered by Kyle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it goes both ways- while people should be able to live freely, at he same time, large groups of people without a gonverment tend to tunr to anarchy and chaos.
You see, a Gonverment doesn't just impose laws- they protect people from other people with adverse beliefes, or who are different period. They keep large groups of people relatively safe, compared to no gonverment. With gonverment, their is the advantage of laws that outlay what is and is not accpetable on the whole- however, it also depends on the gonverment. If the ruling parties won't listen to the public, then it really does no good, because eventually, revolution will break out, with one or two consequences- the revolutionaries will win, and the gonverment will either be completely overhauled or simply the lands ceceeded, or or the gonverment will, and all the revolutionaries will be braneded traitors, to either be executed, or to be jailed for the remainder of thier lives. So really, it dpends on the leaders, and how well they get along with the majoriyt of the public.
2006-08-25 18:33:04 · answer #3 · answered by aht12086 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they have the right to live as long as it doesn't imposs on the many dumb laws. many years ago i was a lobbyist for the people. i found first hand how crooked the government really is. there are actually people hired to make up laws in each state to where it will get that we can't paint our homes unless we get permission, permits, colors to chose from. i was so fed up with laws being passed that 98 percent were never read as they are extensive and they go by the budy system and just vote on a law or act not knowing anything it entails. i quit and went on to challenge even today the states laws and actions in the high courts as most are unconstitutional. it used to read, we the people and now its we the rich.
2006-08-25 18:31:52 · answer #4 · answered by hollywood71@verizon.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flowery prose to the contrary, "Rights" have always been freedoms granted to citizens by the government. It is the government which will decide what the citizens are free to do, because it has the power to make it happen.
Generally speaking, in the US a person has the right "de facto" (but not always "de jure") to live however they want, provided it is kept in private and does not infringe on the rights of other people.
2006-08-26 01:50:35 · answer #5 · answered by Will B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody has the "right" to live in a way that contradicts the rules of government (when government is seriously trying to enforce its rules) when that government is, in fact, representative of the people. Government does not have the "right" to do anything. Government has power, people have rights. The power of government comes from the people. And yes, government has the power to tell people how to live their lives.
2006-08-25 18:57:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a certain extent, people have a right to live as they believe, so long as they do not harm themselves, or others. It is at this point, the government steps in.
2006-08-25 18:25:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that people have the inalienable right to live however they please without government interference, just as long as their lifestyle/behavior doesn't impede on or harm other people.
2006-08-25 18:27:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We only have those rights we choose to defend.
Only those rights we can defend.
2006-08-25 18:33:46 · answer #9 · answered by coragryph 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as we live in socity we have to give up some of our freedom.in the socity we earn some thing because of socity and we loss some thing instead.
2006-08-25 18:31:51 · answer #10 · answered by ali m 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋