Okay before it gets out of hand, I did not want this to turn Anti Christian, or Anti Muslim. Rather the acts of one man, may put the lives of thousands in jeopardy.
You brought up South Park earlier, perfect example. They had every right to show the Muslim prophet in their episode. Every right. But they censored him anyway. For the first time SOUTH PARK censored something out. Hell his very NAME was censored in the second part. There is no copy of that episode uncensored. Or how about Dr.Laura, or anyone else who went on a "******, ******, ******" rant. Freedom of speech? yes. But were they punished for it? Damn right they were. Just because you have the freedom to do something, does not mean it's socially acceptable.
No it doesnt mean that, but they are protected in doing so.
Rights are a made up thing, they're an idea.
Wow...
Where do rights come from? People say from God. Well how does that apply in today's culture? The bill of rights has been amended 17 times since it's "Creation" So who knows, one day it may be amended again to say something about this being bad.
Have you ever read the entire bill of rights? I doubt it. The Declaration of Independence makes clear our rights come from God, not government and the government has no right to take them away. The entire point of the constitution is to restrict government, not say people are given rights by them. There are specific powers stated in the constitution that the government has and then it states those powers not given to the government by to constitution are left up to the individual states and the people.
We have been given the ability to amend the constitution by our founders but ALSO get rid of the new amendment, you ill notice this with the prohibition amendment. Youll notice its still there, simply because Thomas Jefferson though that we need to see our history to learn from our mistakes.
The government is not stated to be able to give us rights because once the government thinks they can give you rights the same applies to taking them away, thus why our founders said our rights are given to us by god and the government can not abridge those. We can believe whatever we want and practice those beliefs, be you atheist or Born Again Christian. We have the right to say things or to our freedom of expression even if it angers people.
If we say we cant do certain things it leads to a slippery slope that eventually ends at defying the constitution and repealing of the amendments in the name "public saftey". And this is something that should not be allowed.
You speak of rights, well if the "rights of Americans" are so indefinite, then what about the Japanese-American's in 1942? Where were their rights? The government took them away as they saw fit. No lawyer, no trial, nothing. So what makes this one man so important?
Youre confusing things, THEY WERE WRONG doing that to the Japanese just as Lincoln was wrong when he suspended Magna Carta. These people broke the constitution and broke the law doing these things, they were wrong, not the constitution or our idea of rights. This would be akin to saying that if the Pope is wrong that Christianity is proven invalid, which is obviously untrue.
There is no "Rights" they are PRIVILEGES. A right can not be taken away, only a privilege can.
Maybe in your country, but not in America, our founders fought and died fighting against those whom believed what you do. There is a reason they stated we have inalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence, because that is how they wanted our nation to operate, to not be abridged by government, and to live in freedom without persecution for their beliefs by a government which didnt agree with them or their expression.
Separation of state is not just to protect state from religion but religion from state.
THAT'S why this man should be stopped. He's abusing his privileges, and should be taken away.
They are rights, and as our nation's very foundation states they dont come from the government but from God, and thus can not be taken away.
