being infringed upon?
2007-05-18 11:17:17 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Would you please send all of us some of what you are smoking. Your question lives up to your screen name - "Strange." Although you could also go by the name of "Just plain Weird."
2007-05-18 11:32:11 · answer #1 · answered by cwomo 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We've never had the liberty to do as we please, we live in groups and have to conform or face the consequences.
Rape and theft, muggings, wife beating, child abuse etc are acts of violence by an individual against another, punishment is inflicted by the group against the perpetrator. If you break the rules you lose your liberty as a punishment. The idea of the punishment is that it's supposed to help keep us all safe against the few that can't control their impulses or rage.
Tax pays for stuff like the ambulance service, casualty department and fire brigade. So its not a loss of liberty to pay tax.
2007-05-18 11:27:33 · answer #2 · answered by sarah c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rape and theft are crimes, anti-abortion is a political position to prevent women from aborting their fetuses, capital punishment is a punishment normally reserved for the most heinous crimes and taxes are the way that we pay for our defense and protection as well as education systems, transit systems, municipal water systems and so on and so on...either I don't understand the question or you have a much broader interpretation of civil liberties than most members of the ACLU.
2007-05-18 11:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by Jim 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Oh shut up, now.
Your earlier question about whether rape was really a crime could at the most spurious of stretches have cut it as pseudo-intellectuallism given the argument you gave in support, but now you're just talking b ollocks and are looking for a reaction.
2007-05-18 13:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by . 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Constitution does NOT guarantee you liberty to do as you please. It guarantees you "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness", which means you are free to work towards goals you value. In Britain in older times, a lord was entitled to claim a certain number of days of his people's labor. In America they wrote the constitution so that we can't be compelled to donate free labor to someone else, we are free to work for ourselves. That's the "pursuit of happiness" part.
2007-05-18 11:34:05 · answer #5 · answered by Mother Amethyst 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is terribly poorly worded. Would you rephrase it? What is infringing on our liberties?
I'm hoping you don't think you should be ALLOWED to do those things! That would be silly!
2007-05-18 11:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Liberty is subject to law.Law is for your protection.No freedom is unrestricted.The state requires funds(tax) to maintain law and order.Is it not necessary?You have no right to do as you please,it will lead to anarchy.
2007-05-23 21:40:14 · answer #7 · answered by leowin1948 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you do any of these things listed above you should be punished in a big way, all the best
2007-05-18 11:25:20 · answer #8 · answered by sarah1962 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really. There have always been laws against the kind of anarchy you are asking about.
2007-05-18 11:23:28 · answer #9 · answered by hironymus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What?
Please post concrete thoughts.
2007-05-18 11:21:45 · answer #10 · answered by infobrokernate 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋