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Originally Posted by KiteRider
Do you acknowledge the following?:
1. We have Constitutional rights.
2. It is the responsibility and purpose of the government to protect our Constitutional rights.
3. The government institutions that are entrusted to protect our Constitutional rights have a price.
4. Where that price has not been paid, it is unreasonable to expect the adequate protection of our rights.
If you accept those four points then you understand my point and I win the argument.
Hurray!
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I am not sure I see the connection between 3 and 4. What price are you talking about? And why is it necessarily unreasonable to expect adequate protection of our rights given your point 2?