> >> Both sides of this issue, like any other, have rights proscribed by >> existing law. Specialty laws that would apply to only one party or in such >> a specific case are, in IMHO, clearly political or driven by special >> interests. > I have to blow the whistle on text: "Proscribed" means excluded or prohibited. I think the writer means "prescribed." The Fourteenth Amendment affords "equal protection." All law applies to all parties. Laws are ALWAYS politically motivated. "Polis" means people. People form groups, elect legislators, and enact laws in their interests. The US Constitution affords rights which cannot be abridged by the "tyranny of the majority" --integration in the South being the oft cited example. While the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights provides for free expression, peaceful assembly and petition of government for redress of grievances, no Constitutional provision affords the right to obstruct lawful commerce on the ground that the obstructor finds it reprehensible. I don't want to see whaling. But I question the efficacy of inflammatory rhetoric and unlawful action. When persons claim they have a "constitutional right" to obstruct lawful commerce they lose credibility, and their cause suffers accordingly. Exercise your Constitutional franchise. Write your representatives. ______________________________ George Bergeron, Secretary '99 Oswego Heritage Council http://www.europa.com/~heritage/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
Attaboy George, Nicely articulated. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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