Well I didn't make the original statement I was just giving my take on it. :-)
I don't know how we got to founding documents but it's important to remember 1) that the founding documents of almost every nation, even the 1977 Soviet constitution, propose to guarantee essentially the same common set of basic rights and 2) the documents are pieces of paper which can be interpreted/misinterpreted by those in power, much the way treaties are. The founding documents of the United States have not stopped the travesties of justice that occur here routinely with liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Tom C. >From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Stolen Photos >Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:11:59 -0700 > >So basically, it's NOT fear of their neighbor's freedom in the sense folks >would normally take your statement, it's fear of their neighbor's license >(Lack of due restraint; excessive freedom: "When liberty becomes license, >dictatorship is near" - William Durant, or freedom that allows or is used >with irresponsibility and disregard for standards of personal conduct : >LICENTIOUSNESS, - that which usurps a liberty at the expense of denying >another's liberty). > >Our founding documents distinguish between what they referred to as liberty >and license. > >Regards, >Bob Blakely >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >"A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, >and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." > - Robert Frost > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >William Robb wrote: > >> > >> > I just don't understand where this kind of thinking comes from..... > >> > >>(US) Americans are scared of freedom. Not their own, their neighbors'. > >> And I say that as an (US) American. > >> > >>-- > >>Thanks, > >>DougF (KG4LMZ) > >> > > > > That's exactly right. I know we've gone down this path before here. All > > one > > has to do in this legal system is bring a claim to court that if proven > > true > > would require the court to intervene. The court is then basically > > obligated > > to hear the case. So any ill-meaning individual can turn your life to > > hell > > if they've got the the gumption to proceed. It's especially bad if the > > person is both ill-willed and well- healed. > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
