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To: Badray
Well, I think this line is a little over the top:

"When there is such a large mass that does not care, no law will save Liberty from indifference or ignorance or the pursuit of hedonism and love in the wrong places—the bottom of a bottle, at an ATM, between another woman’s legs, at the point of a needle, at the race track, at the card tables. Sadly, some people have taken their unfettered “pursuit of happiness” too far with their reckless self-destruction."

These things may be morally reprehensible, and they may represent "Libertin-ism" more than they do "Liberty", but one man's poison is another man's sacrament, and the Constitution, although written by men of moral courage, no more prevents self-destructive behavior than it does the basic right to own arms.

19 posted on 12/05/2003 12:36:24 PM PST by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: 45Auto
I can't, or at least, won't argue with you on that. The rest of the article far out weighs that line and is why it didn't come to mind. Thanks.
21 posted on 12/05/2003 12:57:36 PM PST by Badray (Molon Labe!)
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