Rick Sivernell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Joel
>
> You have not or will you or anyone else for that matter loose anyrights &
> privileges. That is unless you screw up. I think you are talking about the
> war on Terrorism, I know you will correct me if I am wrong here <g>, But
> every body gets into this act, one way or another. All I can say to you &
> others GET A GRIPE.
Must respectfully disagree. The history of every crisis point in U.S. (or
other nations) history contains a list of either blanket usurpations of
power, or of "temporary limitations" which have become permanent impositions
against a large number of the points addressed specifically in both the
Constitution and the Amendments thereto.
In many cases it has been acheived by redefining the meaning of the words:
i.e.: most of the controversy about so called "Gun Control" pivots on the
meanings of the words "militia" (understood to be constituted of all free
able-bodied men) and of the word "infringed". There are communities which
have perpetrated very severe restrictions on ownership of weapons simply by
the way they defined the word "infringed". Creative moral terpitude on the
part of our "public servants".
One of the first cries raised after the bombing of the Federal Building in
Oklahoma City was for more gun limits to prevent acts of terrorism in the
U.S. Totally unrelated, but perpetrated and accepted in the interests of
security.
The "RICO Act" - confiscation of property without trial or conviction, done
in the name of security and the "War on Drugs".
The list goes on. There's already talk of more limitations on, and snooping
of, internet services. Yes, the limitations on government can make it more
difficult for federal, state, and local authorities - but that was knowingly
the intent of the Framers. With reason.
Rickf
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