Does America have too much freedom?

Question

We often hear about the Bill of Rights but I feel one part is missing. In foreign constitutions, it balances out because not only do they have the "Bill of Rights" but they also have whats called the "Bill of Duties" Should America include a "Bill of Duties" in the constitution?

Answer 1

Bill of Duties

There go the Fascists wanting to change the Constitution again.

Leave it alone or go back to your cave and goat heard.

No No I'm not a bad person they say. I bought girl scout cookies.

Go Back to where ever you came from we don't want to change the Constitution.

I like it just the way it is.

Go big Red Go

Answer 2

no, i guess america is doing a good job with what they have you don't turn on your country because of something you read about another country all countries are diffrent if you have a prob leave i may not like the status quo but i support this country because it is the greatest

Gob Bless America


O say, can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.
O say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?


On the shore dimly seen thro' the mists of the deep,
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected, now shines on the stream:
'Tis the star-spangled banner: O, long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


And where is that band who so vauntingly swore
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,
A home and a country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footsteps' pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.


O thus be it ever when free-men shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation;
Blest with vict'ry and peace, may the heav'n-rescued land
Praise the Pow'r that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: “In God is our trust!”
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Answer 3

no we need more freedom take a look on hear we can't swear if we want just like TV God forbid If Locals Channels Show Any Nudity Or Swear We have Some Freedoms But not Allot. Don't get me wrong There our things in this country I think we should not be able to do. But there things i think we should be able to do plus if you Look Over Seas That is why you See more War between Countries Then You Do hear

Answer 4

We already have one. It is called law. Your duty is to live within the framework of the laws of the land, and the myriad of things that encompasses. The Constitution in its entirety was devised to address this issue.

'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,' remember? Be careful what you seek to impose. 'Too much freedom' indicates a willingness to see your own freedom curtailed. I'm willing to bet you'd be happy as long as it was your agenda being followed, but that would last only as long as you were dictator. Then you'd be at the next guy's mercy, and an utter hypocrite if you complained.

Answer 5

You misunderstand the Bill of Rights.

For the most part, it's not a guarantee of things that people can do. It's a limitation against what the government can do.

Freedom is pursuit of life, liberty and happiness. Those are our individual duties. The rest is what happens when people try to force others to do what they want, through enacted laws. And that's why we need restrictions on govt action.

Answer 6

America does have a bill of duties. Ask the IRS.

Answer 7

I don't know what constitutions you're referring to, but I don't think what you're proposing is a good idea.
The principle of a constitution is to convey and ensure rights. Duties and obligations are more mutable, they change according to the neccessities of the time. Laws do that job and they can in time be challenged for their constitutionality.

Answer 8

That is worth considering. Yes, a very good question.
I agree that we Americans take our blessings too lightly but consider a required vote for example. Suppose we were required to vote at every election involving our community. We would have voters showing up and contributing selection choice who didn't care about the outcome of the elections or the issues. This would mean that the most important decisions for our own governance could be made in ignorance or worse, in negative retaliation for making them get out of their comfort zones to go to a polling station. Instead of elections resulting in reasoned out consideration of the initiative that was put on the ballot for regulating energy prices, we would have voters assuming that they can control energy prices rather than the market. The same goes for health care, schools, taxes, etc., etc., In California, our voters have voted such programs into law. Most don't remember that the results of the energy price regulations resulted in the electric companies losing money every month and rolling blackouts brought the phrase 'gray outs' in honor of our state governor, Gray Davis. The one that was recalled to place Schwarzenegger in office. California also voted in greater spending on education to 'fix' the poor education levels, resulting in the highest cost per student and nearly the lowest grades in 1st and 2nd world nations all over the planet.

If we're going to require responsibilities of our citizens, I believe they should be in the nature of community service. Its a reminder to everybody to keep our environment clean without endangering the goals and purposes of things like governance, national defense, education, and all the things volunteerism accomplishes, like ministering to the homeless, drug addicts, hungry, etc., etc.,

I believe the responsibility will do our citizens good in the short term and on individual basis, but would do damage to our national integrity over all.

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Answer 9

You misunderstand what the Bill of Rights is: a list of restrictions on the government, not a list of what's permissible a any given man.

Answer 10

We probably are "out of balance" in that people in our society exercise to much "freedom" with too little "responsibility."

One example that comes to mind is they guy who destroyed the Redwoods, a national treasure, because he could (he "owned" them).