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  • I have the right to think about my rights.
  • We all have equal rights. All men have the right to marry a woman and all women have the right to marry a man. If you don't want to engage in natural relations then don't go about trying to change the institution of marriage to suit your preferences.
  • If there were no SUPER POWER LIKE THE USA I would not have had any!
  • Not really. The concept of "rights" is illusory, and the late Mr. Carlin stated his case for that most eloquently, when speaking about American citizens of Japanese ancestry who were rounded up and placed in camps, without any "due process," just because they were Japanese. Yet, German-Americans were left alone. Fair? Not at all; not in the least. The Japanese-Americans were herded like cattle into the camps, only because they were non-white. American citizens don't truly have "rights," unless those in power agree with that concept. And by "those in power," I also refer to those with badges and guns, and not just those who are elected. Take the case of Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow. Bonnie and Clyde were killed on May 23, 1934, on a desolate road near their Bienville Parish, Louisiana hideout. The couple appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse of four Texas officers and two Louisiana officers when they attempted to drive away. Questions about the way the ambush was conducted, and the failure to warn the duo of impending death, have been raised about the incident. In fact, four of the guys (women weren't cops in those days, outside of buildings) who shot/killed Bonnie & Clyde, did not do so, legally. The four Texas peace officers were on Louisiana soil, which means that they were nothing more, nor less, than ordinary citizens with absolutely NO police powers or authority, whatsoever, because they were cops, ONLY while they were physically within the state of Texas. Once they left the state of Texas, they became impotent. Bonnie & Clyde weren't given an opportunity to surrender peacefully. When their car showed up at the "capture point," the 6 peace officers started firing their weapons into the car, until the couple stopped moving. The car had around 39 bullet holes in it, most of them fired from Thompson submachine guns. No attempt was made to capture them, even though they supposedly had a "right" to a speedy and public trial, "by a jury of their peers." They were ambushed, pure and simple, by officers acting as judges, jurors and executioners. It doesn't make any difference, of course, but Bonnie was 23 when she died, and Clyde was 25. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonnie_and_Clyde I'm not claiming that they didn't deserve to die; they did, as far as I am concerned, because they killed a lot of innocent people in their quest for money. It is just the manner in which they died, where I have objections. Supposedly, you have the "right" to be free of unreasonable search and seizure of your property, without a search warrant. No so, anymore. Before driving across the top of the Boulder (Hoover) Dam between Nevada & Arizona, your car is stopped and searched for explosives and/or weapons, by Sheriff's deputies who tell you that you don't have any choice or say in the matter, IF you wish to traverse the dam. You WILL submit to the search, or you won't be allowed to travel in the direction you were headed. No search warrant is presented to you at all, and you must open the car hood and the trunk lid for inspections. So much for your "rights" against "unreasonable search and seizure." Where is the "probable cause" for the search of each and every vehicle? None exists. I asked one of the Sheriff's deputies, "By whose authority is this search being conducted?" He glared at me and snapped, "If you don't like it, you can turn your ass around and get the f**k out of here!" While living in the south from 1979-81, I overheard a Houston TX police officer tell a suspect as he was detaining him, "We don't just enforce and represent the law, WE ARE THE LAW!" American citizens really DO have "rights," but ONLY if those with robes, badges and guns acknowledge those rights and respect them. Otherwise, the Bill of Rights is nothing more than just words on paper. Remember that, the next time some "officer" says "We are gonna do [insert task here] because we WANT to do it, and there's not a Gawd-damned thing you can do about it!" +5
  • yes we have the right to shut up and do what ever the goverment or local dumb asses tell us to do

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