I tend to think that society progresses with or without government intervention. After all, slavery was an idea doomed to without a civil war had they just let it be. Civil rights have strengthened not because of government, but because some people got up and made it happen. Jim Crow laws would have eventually faded away much like laws prohibiting sodomy or interracial marriage. Not to say that it's not a good thing, but rather that local rule is a big reason that there even is a union, and it's a very important part of living. Foreign rule is what caused the Revolution to begin with.
- Matt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry C. Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:08 PM Subject: Re: States Rights: was(RE: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart) > you mean like as in the pre civil rights movement states rights. It > was only through federal intervention that freedoms and rights such as > voting rights were strenghened. > > larry > > On 1/20/06, Tim Heald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Which I think gives me a great time to segway into States rights. >> >> If we actually followed the constitution, and didn't have such a strong >> federal government. I would have a lot less issues with things like >> this, >> because I could simply move to a state that more closely followed with my >> personal beliefs. Why don't republicans and Democrats see that if we >> weaken >> federal government and strengthen the States, we could have far more >> freedom, and all the division that we have going on today would be >> unnecessary? >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 12:01 PM >> > To: CF-Community >> > Subject: Re: [signs of sanity] MD no longer subsidizing Walmart >> > >> > ok good. When I saw activity in this thrad I was like omg do >> > we really have to do this some more? I don't think there is >> > going to be agreement on this regardless. >> > >> > >> > >*quickly shaves small black mustache* >> > > >> > >Oh I did not take it personally. Had I taken it personally I >> > probably >> > >would have called out a few explicits and what nots myself. Just >> > >showing my displeasure that they were attached to my comments :) >> > > >> > >Adam >> > > >> > >On 1/20/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:193563 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=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
