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To: Texaggie79
Well, if their state chose to criminalize crack, and his neighbors felt threatened by his usage, then they have the right to see him properly punished.

Oops, back to school. It gets tiring teaching the same lessons over and over to the same people. I'll go over it one more time with you;
People have rights, governments have powers. No "right" to see someone "properly punished" exists. And governments (groups of people) have no legitimate power to "punish" someone for doing anything which does not violate rights.

I feel threatened by people who advocate violating my rights. I guess under your theory, I could insisit that government "properly punish" them. In this case you.

141 posted on 12/17/2002 1:00:18 PM PST by Protagoras
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To: ThomasJefferson
I doubt you will find enough people that share that sentiment to overturn a state election however....
143 posted on 12/17/2002 1:02:23 PM PST by Texaggie79
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