tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post3312636952328371153..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: Important MisnomersFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-68184431892386515382017-02-25T13:16:11.706-05:002017-02-25T13:16:11.706-05:00An insightful observation, Anon.An insightful observation, Anon.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-30031499944989630042017-02-25T13:15:48.744-05:002017-02-25T13:15:48.744-05:00** Your “property rights” mean that what you have ...** Your “property rights” mean that what you have peaceably acquired cannot morally be taken from you by force or fraud. ** <br /><br />Taking by force includes, as you know, forcible theft by majority vote of the legislature and the chief executive for purposes having to do with their personal whims and not the core functions of government.<br /><br />A "right" in modern parlance is a whimsical benefit provided by the government.<br /><br />The legislature can also act out of malevolence, of course.Col. B. Bunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09590364016079745156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-3508705521438420272017-02-24T09:46:25.398-05:002017-02-24T09:46:25.398-05:00Leftards confuse freedom 'of' with freedom...Leftards confuse freedom 'of' with freedom 'from'. This 'confusion' is likely purposeful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-30169506101354884432017-02-24T05:11:13.829-05:002017-02-24T05:11:13.829-05:00The beauty of the first amendment is that it neith...The beauty of the first amendment is that it neither compels nor denies. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." How brilliant is that? If a group of kids wants to start a bible study, or study of any religion for that matter, in a government school classroom, after school hours, has the U.S. Congress enacted a law saying they are permitted to do so? If a cross is erected on government land, has the Congress enacted a law permitting that? How is a prayer before a sporting event in violation of the first amendment?<br />Emphasis is always placed on the first part of the first amendment, and citing the "separation clause." Not much to the second part.brinsternoreply@blogger.com