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THE Human Rights-Now & in the Future Thread (merged)

What's on your mind?
General interest discussions, not necessarily related to depletion.

Re: When the SHTF will you have any rights?

Unread postby NEOPO » Wed 05 Sep 2007, 10:45:04

It is easier to enslave a people that wish to remain free then it is to free a people who wish to remain enslaved.
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Voting rights on docket for Supreme Court term

Unread postby Ferretlover » Mon 01 Oct 2007, 13:56:36

Justices will also consider D.C. gun law, constitutionality of lethal injections
During the U.S. Supreme Court's new term beginning Monday, the justices will consider the fundamental issue of who is allowed to vote just in time for 2008's pivotal presidential elections.
The docket also includes a challenge to the Bush administration's war on terror, a question over the constitutionality of lethal injections and a test of a strict gun law, which could lead to a clarification of the Second Amendment. …
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The REAL American Bill of Rights

Unread postby emersonbiggins » Mon 29 Oct 2007, 16:44:16

Just had to post this - not that it's particularly profound, but I think it captures the American mindset just as well. We indeed value our "right" to cheap gas before the right to bear arms - and, in the future, perhaps in conjunction with that second right... 8O

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