Steel Horse Rider
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If it walks like a troll, quacks like a troll, and dodges like a troll it is probably a troll, but I will take a shot in acting like it isn't a troll.
How do you feel about "regulating" the other rights named in the Bill of Rights? Should you be licensed before you can speak of religion or against the government? Should your 4th Amendment rights against search and seizure be limited to just your person? Should you be compelled to testify against yourself if it is for "the greater good"? I could go on and on but I can't type that quickly. I believe that if you are truly seeking an honest answer that you spend some time in study of the Federalist Papers which were written as a series of newspaper editorials explaining and supporting what was written into the Constitution and why each item is critical to the security of the citizens of the country. The Constitution was written as a limit to the power of government, not as a definition of the rights of the citizens. You may not believe the government is at the edge of tyranny but I think your scope of comparison is too limited at this time to understand what you are using as a standard. Tyranny has become accepted as a government policy in probably 80% of the world so you need to look back historically to a time when men were actually free to be responsible for themselves.
How do you feel about "regulating" the other rights named in the Bill of Rights? Should you be licensed before you can speak of religion or against the government? Should your 4th Amendment rights against search and seizure be limited to just your person? Should you be compelled to testify against yourself if it is for "the greater good"? I could go on and on but I can't type that quickly. I believe that if you are truly seeking an honest answer that you spend some time in study of the Federalist Papers which were written as a series of newspaper editorials explaining and supporting what was written into the Constitution and why each item is critical to the security of the citizens of the country. The Constitution was written as a limit to the power of government, not as a definition of the rights of the citizens. You may not believe the government is at the edge of tyranny but I think your scope of comparison is too limited at this time to understand what you are using as a standard. Tyranny has become accepted as a government policy in probably 80% of the world so you need to look back historically to a time when men were actually free to be responsible for themselves.