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To: DoughtyOne
This seems fairly clear to me. If this isn't a guarantee of privacy, what is?

There are always limits to rights. The famous "fire in a theater" limit to free speech, for example.

As to privacy, I don't have a right of privacy to kill you, if I do it in my home. And as I posted above, I don't have a right of privacy to put substances such as cocaine in my body (although, I think I should have that right, it hasn't been recognized by the courts).

So what are the limits of privacy? In my opinion, I should have the right of privacy to put drugs in my body, well before someone has the right of privacy to terminate a late term baby, because in the drug case there is no question of another human beings rights (the childs rights) on the table. So I think the courts have things a bit backward.

18 posted on 01/15/2006 9:32:31 AM PST by narby (Hillary! The Wicked Witch of the Left)
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To: narby

Due cause and the commission of a felony are justifiable reasons. IMO you are correct in your take that there are limits. The courts seem to agree.

I do believe we do have a justifiable right to privacy as a rule.


23 posted on 01/15/2006 9:37:43 AM PST by DoughtyOne (01/11/06: Ted Kennedy becomes the designated driver and moral spokesperson for the Democrat party.)
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