I would say it is covered under freedom of speech/expression. Some choose (knowingly or not) to express themselves by not giving a shit.
I would argue that one way to 'give back to the country' would be to vote. Would you be OK with the government mandating everyone vote? On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Judah McAuley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Scott Stroz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Who will decide what is giving 'back to the country'? That seems like a > > never ending debate to begin with. Some owld argue that volunteering at > > your church could be 'giving back' whil others would not. > > As I said, I do believe that this will be a potentially contentious > area. But I think that we can arrive at a broadly agreed set of > principles, just like we have to do with every other contentious area. > The fundamental idea, however, I think is strong. > > > Regardless of how much or little time would be invovled, it is still, to > me, > > a violation of our freedoms to madate that service must be given to > anyone > > or anything. > > > > It still infringes on every Americans right to not care, not to get > invovled > > and not do anything. > > I'm not sure that we have that right. Where would you say that the > right derives from? Is it a fundamental human right or is it a > principle laid out in the Constitution? Or just a commonly established > custom? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279674 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
