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- From: PA146008@utkvm1.utk.edu (David Veal)
- Subject: Re: Soul of the Republican Party
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- Organization: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
- References: <1992Dec18.110546.22337@hemlock.cray.com> <ATAYLOR.92Dec24173327@gauss.nmsu.edu>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 03:18:18 GMT
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- In article <ATAYLOR.92Dec24173327@gauss.nmsu.edu>
- ataylor@nmsu.edu (Nosy) writes:
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- ><In article <1992Dec22.211751.4626@nntpserver.chevron.com> jviv@usmi01.midland.hevron.com (John Viveiros) writes:
- >< In article <1992Dec18.235046.3988@brtph560.bnr.ca> woodstock!chris@mcnc.orgwrites:
- >< >
- >< > The Solid Liberals, on the other hand, are unfamiliar to most
- >< >Americans. Gay rights, Funding of Obscene Art, Support of Flag
- >< >Burning, etc..., are all things which are fairly new, and as a
- >< >result are kinda scary.
- >< >
- >< >Chris Fulmer Bell-Northern Research
- >
- >< Sounds like those "Solid Liberals" (tm) want to enforce the Bill of
- >< Rights, those scoundrels.
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- The Bill of Rights is pretty unfamiliar to most Americans.
-
- > Can Viveiros show where in the Bill of Rights the "right"
- > to receive taxpayers money for "art" is located?
- >
- > HINT: The 9th doesn't count.
-
- A "right" does not also give the government the power to
- protect the "right." Even if you *do* have a right to funding for
- art, all that means is that the government can't stop you from taking
- money and use it for art. A protection does not create a power.
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