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<blockquote data-quote="zubenelgenubi" data-source="post: 5116136" data-attributes="member: 63706">It&#039;s long and complicated. I&#039;m spending time with my family, but I&#039;ll try to give you the short version.Yes, the draft is also unconstitutional. The fact that people&#039;s rights have been trampled in the past is not an excuse to keep doing it. We should be striving to make the system work better for everyone, not using past violations of rights as an excuse for continued violation of rights.See above.So which world do you want to live in? One where past violations are an excuse for continued and increasing violations? Or a world where we insist that our rights be respected?Whose perception? Are you arguing for or against totalitarianism? &quot;For the common good&quot; is a social control device meant to convince people to willingly give up their rights. There is no common good without the individual good. Equal rights and equal protection under the law is the best, if not only way, to enable the individual good. Enabling the individual good is the only way to achieve the common good. The failures of the past are not an excuse to continue failing and slipping backwards. They are a reminder that we must constantly stand guard and be vigilant against attacks on our individual liberty, and motivation to do better to protect that liberty for everyone in the future.[MEDIA=youtube]gvPKTVK10JE[/MEDIA][MEDIA=twitter]1471554792967360516[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zubenelgenubi, post: 5116136, member: 63706"] It's long and complicated. I'm spending time with my family, but I'll try to give you the short version. Yes, the draft is also unconstitutional. The fact that people's rights have been trampled in the past is not an excuse to keep doing it. We should be striving to make the system work better for everyone, not using past violations of rights as an excuse for continued violation of rights. See above. So which world do you want to live in? One where past violations are an excuse for continued and increasing violations? Or a world where we insist that our rights be respected? Whose perception? Are you arguing for or against totalitarianism? "For the common good" is a social control device meant to convince people to willingly give up their rights. There is no common good without the individual good. Equal rights and equal protection under the law is the best, if not only way, to enable the individual good. Enabling the individual good is the only way to achieve the common good. The failures of the past are not an excuse to continue failing and slipping backwards. They are a reminder that we must constantly stand guard and be vigilant against attacks on our individual liberty, and motivation to do better to protect that liberty for everyone in the future. [MEDIA=youtube]gvPKTVK10JE[/MEDIA] [MEDIA=twitter]1471554792967360516[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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