Survey: What rights do you value? (FREEP!)

Minnesota Public Radio ^ | 10/18/2005 | Minnesota Public Radio

[jdege]

Survey: What rights do you value?

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Which one of these rights is the one you value most and the one you'd keep before all others?

• The right to bear arms
• The right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment
• The right to freedom of speech.
• The right to protection from self-incrimination.
• The right to legal counsel and a jury trial.
• The right to privacy.
• The right to freedom of religion.
• The right assemble peacefully.
• The right to freedom of the press.
• The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Which one of these rights is the one you value least and would give up before all others?

• The right to bear arms
• The right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment
• The right to freedom of speech.
• The right to protection from self-incrimination.
• The right to legal counsel and a jury trial.
• The right to privacy.
• The right to freedom of religion.
• The right assemble peacefully.
• The right to freedom of the press.
• The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures.

Vote Now!

[jdege]

Currently, 55% say they'd give up their RKBA.

[Rodney King]

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[TChris]

[headsonpikes]

Ridiculous survey - the right to bear arms is the foundation of all the rest!

[SIDENET]

I'd give up my right to Minnesota Public Radio.

[aft_lizard]

I would give up cruel and unusual punishment in a minnesota second over the RKBA.

[trisham]

Survey Results: What Rights Do You Value?
Which one of these rights is the one you value most and the one you'd keep before all others?
The right to bear arms 37.8%


The right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment 6.7 %


The right to freedom of speech 20.0 %


The right to protection from self-incrimination. 2.2 %


The right to legal counsel and a jury trial. 2.2 %


The right to privacy. 8.9 %


The right to freedom of religion. 13.3 %


The right assemble peacefully. 6.7 %


The right to freedom of the press. 0.0 %


The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. 2.2 %


Which one of these rights is the one you value least and would give up before all others?
The right to bear arms 28.9 %


The right to protection from cruel and unusual punishment 10.5 %


The right to freedom of speech 0.0 %


The right to protection from self-incrimination. 10.5 %


The right to legal counsel and a jury trial. 0.0 %


The right to privacy. 13.2 %


The right to freedom of religion. 5.3 %


The right assemble peacefully. 7.9 %


The right to freedom of the press. 13.2 %


The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures. 10.5 %

[aft_lizard]

Although I believe in the RKBA, but the right to free speech is the foundation I think that gave us all the rest.

[Termite_Commander]

Freedom of the Press is currently at 0.0% in most cherished right. =P

[TChris]

Most interesting that "The right to privacy" is listed. One wonders where that right came from, especially since "The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures" is listed as a separate right. This is apparently a list of penumbras and emanations as well, eh?

[AbeKrieger]

I'd give up the right to self-incrimination before considering any of the others.

[TChris]

It's another question based on a false premise. They cannot be separated in that way. Its like asking someone which one of their children they would keep above all the others, and which they would sacrifice first. The question itself is ludicrous!

Every one of these rights is interconnected with and interdependent upon the others. Can you have freedom of religion without the freedom to peaceably assemble, to speak freely at those meetings or to print your sacred writings?

[Meadow Muffin]

I dont't think I would vote to give up any "RIGHT". A right is something you have that can not be taken away. The right to keep and bear arms protect every other right.

I ain't voting to give up any right....period.

[colorcountry]

The right to protection from unreasonable searches and seizures is the same thing as the right to privacy.

In fact it is the only right to privacy guaranteed in the constitution (the way I read it)

[BikerNYC]

Ridiculous survey - the right to bear arms is the foundation of all the rest!

I certainly think that the right to bear arms is absolutely important, as it protects us from overly aggressive governments (can you imagine how Iraq might be different if they had such a right), I think a fundamental freedom to be left alone by government (privacy) helps assure us the right to bear arms.

[BostonianRightist]

If you can protect yourself with arms, then you have no reason to stop speaking your mind, even if it becomes illegal.

To quote (as closely as I can remember) Al Capone, "You can get a lot farther in life with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."

[headsonpikes]

Although I believe in the RKBA, but the right to free speech is the foundation I think that gave us all the rest.

And the armed authority would listen to you for what reason?

[JamesP81]

RKBA first. I can force them to give me the rest of my rights through force of arms, if necessary.

[headsonpikes]

All rights are tenuous and ephemeral without the basic political right of armed self-defense.

[JamesP81]

It's another question based on a false premise. They cannot be separated in that way. Its like asking someone which one of their children they would keep above all the others, and which they would sacrifice first. The question itself is ludicrous!

Every one of these rights is interconnected with and interdependent upon the others. Can you have freedom of religion without the freedom to peaceably assemble, to speak freely at those meetings or to print your sacred writings?

While I think preserving RKBA is most important, you are correct. They come in a single package, as it should be.