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To: SampleMan
Our constitutions 'Law of the Land' protects us from such majority rule prohibitions. Learn to live with it.

Who decides what reasonable restrictions are --- if not the majority?

We the people have already decided, -- read the BOR's and the 14th for reasonable restrictions on the police powers of State/local/fed governments.

Not an answer and you know it.

Anyone rational can see that I have answered it, and that you are in denial.

169 posted on 10/25/2006 12:53:43 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: tpaine

More of the usual hiding behind non-commitment.

People don't agree with you about what is reasonable. Are you aware of that?

People don't agree with your cherry picked unenumerated rights. Are you aware of that?

There is a disagreement. Who decides who is right? The People who have every reason to pass reasonable laws, so as to protect themselves, or five appointed men?

Answer the question if you have the guts.


170 posted on 10/25/2006 1:00:40 PM PDT by SampleMan (Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
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To: tpaine
Our constitutions 'Law of the Land' protects us from such majority rule prohibitions. Learn to live with it.

Since you are already protected in your own mind, and you don't think the People have the authority to make laws that require a determination of what's reasonable anyway (I'm sure you don't want to change things thru majority rule), I think I will live with it just fine. Let's see, I'm not craving pot yet, so I think I'll be OK. Should there be an insurrection of a small fanatical element to take over and dictate to the People that they no longer get to have any voice in determining what's reasonable, I'll load up my enumerated rights and solve the problem.

171 posted on 10/25/2006 1:50:33 PM PDT by SampleMan (Do not dispute the peacefulness of Islam, so as not to send Muslims into violent outrage.)
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