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"There are a lot of people who tend to confuse rights with
privileges, especially when it's to their advantage to do so."
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billroper,
2007-10-03
Daphne Eftychia Arthur, guitarist+. QotD.
"There are a lot of people who tend to confuse rights with
privileges, especially when it's to their advantage to do so."
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billroper,
2007-10-03
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The intent of the 9th amendment is to assume a freedom is a right *first* and it is the government's job (or so they think) to convince an independent judiciary that it isn't.
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Which would fit the quotation, n'est-ce pas? They're mistaking a right for a privilege when it's to their advantage to do so, just as some folks mistake priveleges for rights ... ;-)
"The intent of the 9th amendment is to assume a freedom is a right *first* and it is the government's job (or so they think) to convince an independent judiciary that it isn't."
*nod* Of course, if they can convince the citizenry that a freedom is a privelege instead of a right, and not enough people really learn that ol' Bill of Rights, then they might never have to convince the judiciary. *sigh*
Anyhow, what I thought of when I first saw the quote was things like the 'right not to be offended'.
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