What rights have we lost over the last several years? HELP!

10/2/02

[mtngrl@vrwc]

I was talking to a friend last night and we were discussing whether or not the second ammendment would be harmed if say...certain types of guns were banned. I say that it would start us down the slippery slope of losing our right to bear arms. She says, "The whole 'don't give the government an inch or they'll take a mile' doesn't seem to ever happen."

Actually her main argument was that the Constitution was a flexible document and that the founding fathers knew that things would change and wanted the Constitution to be able to change along with the times.

When I began to list things rights that we have lost in the last several years, she wanted specifics. Some of the things I brought up to her were:

1. We have lost the right to rent our homes to whomever we want.
2. When schools started accepting federal money, the local schools lost their right to make decisions for what is best for their own community.
3. Smokers lost their right to smoke in their offices, restaurants, bars, and in some cases (parental custody cases) their own homes.
4. Employers in some cases have lost the right to hire and fire based on merit.
5. California is forbidding parents to homeschool.

[Aurelius]

Thank you! It is gratifying to know that there are people who share my point of view.

[steve-b]

You write things down and agree upon them beforehand precisely to prevent things from changing. When two teams go out to play football, they can rest assured that the referees are going to call the game based upon a set of rules that the clubs assented to. They don't decide on a whim to make a touchdown 10 points because one side is losing too badly. The rules are the rules and they are agreed upon beforehand.*

*Not Applicable in New Jersey

[Old Professer]

Screw the multicultural crud, what is the point of the condensed milk?