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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
do you REALLY want to use THAT as your basis of argument? |
It's the counter-ridiculous to the ridiculous argument you're making.
"Oh my god so now the government can legislate away any right I have, just like they can with my right to drive!?!?!?"
Okay, so first: pot calling the kettle a strawman.
Second: that only holds if driving is
a priori a right and not a privilege. Which everyone but you agrees it's not.
The constitution (as well as other formative documents) establish certain rights that cannot be legislated away, and other things are up to the states. Note that the framers DID intend the Constitution to be interpreted consistent with the times, via the amendment process. It really doesn't matter what they intended as a right or what they intended as a privilege. They bequeathed us a living document, intended to be wisely modified as time passed. Going back to framer's intent is one of the main fallacies of the Libertarian point of view. The framers intended us to think about how WE want our nation to work, not to think about how THEY wanted our nation to work.