I am going to quote a few of the articles to write my opinion on them.
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ARTICLE II:
You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is
based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone - not
just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a
different opinion, etc., but the world is full of idiots, and probably
always will be.
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I feel I do have a right to be offended. I have the right to express that I am offended. If not for people being offended there would be no counter to KKK marches and the Dixie Chics wouldn't get bad press.
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ARTICLE III:
You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a
screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect
the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives
independently wealthy.
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I agree totally.
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ARTICLE IV:
You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans
are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help
anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of sub- sidizing generation after generation of professional couch
potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another
generation of professional couch potatoes.
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So what do you suggest we do with our homeless and less fortunate? Let them die in the street? How do I explain to my kids that we should show compassion to each other as we step over dead bodies? Or should we force people like myself that cannot be as cold hearted to spend more of our money to help people because the government will not? Low-income people give a larger % to charity than do the wealthy. So this will be keeping the poor, poorer, while allowing the rich to get richer. Again, how does this help?
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ARTICLE V:
You do not have the right to free health care. That would be
nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not
interested in health care.
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Free health care would actually be cheaper for us as a country than what we have now. The only losers would be health insurance companies but they could always just do life and other insurance instead.
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ARTICLE IX:
You don't have the right to a job. All of us sure want all of you to
have one, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we
expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education
and educational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
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I agree with this other than the fact that depending on where you live will decide the quality of the education you get. When inner city kids get the same education those wealthy communities can provide for their kids this will be an argument with validation.
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those were the only ones I wanted to comment on. Nice post. Thanks
