I don't think you are being a prick :) Seriously, our laws say that you have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness including the right to practice any religion of your choosing
*** as long as you do not infringe on the same rights of others *** This means to me that if you are suspected of plotting a suicide bombing mission then your religious rights have just been nullified. As much as we all like to say that things are business as usual and we should not change our way of life due to terrorist attacks that is not really true. The police have to be given a margin of latitude in pursuing valid leads in order to protect civilians from terrorists. This means that we have to endure things like the patriot act and that the police should be allowed to raid a suspects house with their shoes on and their trained dogs by their side. Howie --- On Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:00 PM, Jim Davis scribed: --- > > Just to be prick here (and I'm not talking to you specifically, > Vivec): there's nothing innate that says that religious rights must > be upheld and respected. > > Instead that's a decision that we made as a society because it > "seemed the right thing to do". We also decided not to persecute > people for the color > of their skin or their ancestry. > > These ideals aren't easy. They're hard. > > Issues of balance will continue to occur just because they're so damn > hard > in the first place. But despite the occasional insanity they're well > worth fighting for. > > Jim Davis > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:167912 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
