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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
The 'government' didn't just spring up out of the ground and it wasn't here when we became a free nation. 'we the people' created the federal government. It belongs to us, it serves us, we are it's master. It would be an incredible leap of logic to then surmise that an entity we the people created could grant us our rights, don't you think?
to do otherwise, think that the government created itself, then created our states, and us as a whole, is to have not a single understanding about the founding of the USA.
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Yes the constitution was written by people. But it is a legal contract, that is and has been subject to changes. As times change, it has to be both interprited and changed to fit the time/situation at hand. The founders couldn't invision a tube full of people flying through the air, so the restriction was put in place in modern times to limit the scope of the freedom of speech.
One last example of limits/restrictions placed on rights. I'll use the 2nd amendment.
Shall not be infringed is the language it uses. Yet in my state of Ohio, my right is infringed from bearing arms in certain places, govn't buildings, schools, banks and anywhere a business owner places a sign on the entryway stating that no weappons are allowed on premises. That puts a restriction on my right to bear arms.
unless the definition of absolute is changed in the dictionary, this discussion is over. Numerous examples have been placed before you showing you that your rights aren't absolute. I will no longer discuss this topic with someone who will not accept reality.