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To: Texaggie79
So instead of saying EVERYTHING should be up for grabs, then backtrack and say that well nukes and bioweapons are ok to prohibit [Another bold lie, I never said that] because that's reasonable, why not try to convince us that it is not reasonable to prohibit crack, or crystal meth, or heroine in states who's vast majority see the very use of those substances as a violation of their rights due to safety issues and standards?

Texbaby, -- thousands of essays have been written on the unconstitutionality of prohibitions on drugs, guns, private sexual behaviors, etc; -- on & on.
The essay posted above is a fine example, and you reject it, but ask for more.

--- None of them can convince you neo-prohibitionists.

Instead, why not write your own essay to try to convince us that it is reasonable to regulate [up to the point of prohibition] crack, or crystal meth, or heroine on the basis that it violates ~your~ individual rights due to safety issues and standards?

-- Try to prove that you can enforce such invasive regulations without violating our individual rights to life, liberty, or property.

If you succeed, you would be a national hero.

Your problem is that you call it prohibition with drugs

It is. Prohibitions violate due process of Constitutional law.

and regulation with bio/nukeweapons,

It is. Reasonable regulations of materials capable of mass destruction do not violate due process of Constitutional law.

when it is, in fact, that a regular citizen is prohibited from owning either, yet certified government supervised entities [~people~] could obtain such material.

Rave on kiddo. -- You can't prove ~your~ point, so you try to misrepresent mine in order to defend unconstitutional prohibitions on drugs, guns, whatever..

It makes no difference that you see no danger or violation of community standards if you have a crackhead living next door,

In 69 years of life kid, I've had a lot of weird neighbors. - But none that I considered dangerous or in "violation of community standards". -- You do? Call 911. There are hundreds of criminal laws to protect you from 'dangerous' people.

what matters is that the majority of your state does, and if they so choose to regulate that material and prohibit regular citizens from obtaining it, just as they prohibit them from obtaining nuke/bioweapons, they, constitutionally, can.

Yep, thats the way you communitarians want our country to be run. No way.

Give it up. -- Your communes standards will never rule in our Republic.

705 posted on 04/03/2006 4:02:01 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: tpaine
It is. Reasonable regulations of materials capable of mass destruction do not violate due process of Constitutional law.

I'm just going to have to quit. I think this has to be some joke you are playing if you can't see your twisted logic here. Drugs are regulated, weapons are regulated. How? through prohibiting regular citizens of obtaining either. It's exactly the same. The punishments/fines whatever might be different, but both are impossible for me to legally go out to my street corner and buy. EXACTLY THE FREAKING SAME THING.

706 posted on 04/03/2006 4:05:32 PM PDT by Texaggie79 (Did I just say that?)
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