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- From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
- Newsgroups: soc.history,talk.politics.theory
- Subject: Re: [ACLU] Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union
- Message-ID: <13285@optilink.COM>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 17:52:21 GMT
- References: <BxtFLA.6oD@cs.uiuc.edu> <Bxwt89.79D@quake.sylmar.ca.us> <1992Nov18.171739.27144@Princeton.EDU>
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- In article <1992Nov18.171739.27144@Princeton.EDU>, niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
- > In article <Bxwt89.79D@quake.sylmar.ca.us> brian@quake.sylmar.ca.us (Brian K. Yoder) writes:
- # #I noticed that in the list of constitutionally protected rights, the ACLU
- # #doesn't recognize the right to keep and bear arms, but that it DOES recognize
- # #the right to privacy which is not listed in the constitution (not that I
- # #disagree with the general idea of the government keeping out of private
- # #affairs, but it would have to follow under the 9th amendment or something).
- #
- # #Isn't it a bit fraudulent to claim to support the bill of rights when you
- # #choose to ignore certain parts of it?
- #
- # No; they don't ignore it. They just don't interpret it the way you do.
- # Maybe they're wrong, but they aren't ignoring it.
- #
- # David M. Nieporent | Mike Mussina 1993 AL Cy Young Winner
-
- Gee, if they interpreted the First Amendment the way they
- interpret the Second, only state governments and the federal
- government would have a right to freedom of the press, and
- almost any sort of press censorship law that applied equally
- to all private organizations or individuals would be legal.
-
- But that would just be a matter of interpretation. They aren't
- ignoring it. :-)
- --
- Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
- We could say that Congress spends money like drunken sailors. But that would
- be unfair -- to the sailors. They, at least, are spending their own money.
-