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Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)
59. Your last paragraph is filled with so many false assumptions it invalidates your entire post.
Tue Mar 12, 2013, 06:57 PM
Mar 2013

You don't have the right to free speech and religion and a guard against unreasonable search and seizure because some people somewhere were once beneficient. Those rights pre-exist the Constitution and will continue to exist even after the Constitution is merely a footnote in history.

I don't need "Right X" to be described in the Constitution. You have no right to impose yourself on other people's lives.

It is extremely telling -- and by no small measure, hypocritical -- for you to use your rights of free speech/conscience to badger and hector people with non-existent, unrecognized legal arguments to abrogate the rights of others to be allowed to live their lives without incessant meddling. Why should we recognize your right to speak when your only exercise of it seems to further separate others from their rights? By what authority do you claim the perogative to dictate how other people live their lives and why should any of the rest of us care? You certainly do not deserve the power of law, which is the power to arrest, fine and imprison, over such a ridiculous demand.

From WSJ: Pab Sungenis Mar 2013 #1
What a real shame ... srican69 Mar 2013 #2
Message auto-removed BAT21 Mar 2013 #3
That's why Starbucks in New York hasn't changed their menu Fat Bastard Mar 2013 #4
hahahah... raidert05 Mar 2013 #5
Big Brother gets handed a rare loss davidn3600 Mar 2013 #6
Someone finally stands up to the control freak jsr Mar 2013 #7
A-Freakin-Men 1983law Mar 2013 #19
A rare victory for sanity Throd Mar 2013 #8
Our right to Big Gulp ourselves into obesity has been preserved. Comrade Grumpy Mar 2013 #9
It was fun while it lasted Major Nikon Mar 2013 #10
Drinks SamKnause Mar 2013 #11
K&R + FU Bloomberg. n/t alp227 Mar 2013 #12
Bloomberg won. It got the nation talking, and MacDonalds has stopped selling supersize months ago graham4anything Mar 2013 #13
But the point is that christx30 Mar 2013 #23
If it saved ONE twelve year old from a lifetime of diabetes, it already worked. graham4anything Mar 2013 #26
As a hard working, christx30 Mar 2013 #28
90% of NY doesn't smoke. It already is working graham4anything Mar 2013 #31
I'm under no illusion christx30 Mar 2013 #32
I guess Clarence should have left George Bailey alone on the bridge graham4anything Mar 2013 #33
I don't know christx30 Mar 2013 #36
thankyou Graham olddots Mar 2013 #27
They're talking about how he is trying to be the king of the nanny state. OGKush Mar 2013 #44
In the end, he wins, 100%. Many places already aren't serving super size. graham4anything Mar 2013 #45
So you think it's better to pass unconstitutional laws to control people OGKush Mar 2013 #46
haha yeah, cuz it's so damn hard to get a refill! Scout Mar 2013 #51
You miss the point entirely. Most people don't go to the effort, therefore outta sight, outta mind graham4anything Mar 2013 #52
kick OKNancy Mar 2013 #14
Stupid stupid law. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #15
Duh. (nt) harmonicon Mar 2013 #16
Ugh. Another win for Corporate America. jakefrep Mar 2013 #17
Another win for FREEDOM IN America. 1983law Mar 2013 #20
Bullcrap. jakefrep Mar 2013 #39
It was on the same day where you 1983law Mar 2013 #40
harumph Scout Mar 2013 #18
Uh... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #22
wow, so much self righteous ... well, bullshit in this post. Scout Mar 2013 #29
If I sound self righteous... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #37
"But stop demanding your right to such excess." Scout Mar 2013 #42
What are you?... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #47
"address my point about how the right of the individual should not trump the good of all" Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #48
Then, I suppose... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #53
The Constitution doesn't have all our rights - not listed reserved for the people or the states askeptic Mar 2013 #55
Now... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #58
"My taxes pay for christx30 Mar 2013 #62
Not sure what demand you mean... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #63
sorry... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #64
That just because you pay for something christx30 Mar 2013 #66
You are part of the system christx30 Mar 2013 #67
Your last paragraph is filled with so many false assumptions it invalidates your entire post. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #59
I'm unclear... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #60
According to every other issue of every popular magazine Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #61
um... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #65
"right of the individual should not trump the good of all" SpartanDem Mar 2013 #49
That's hyperbole... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #54
"I don't know now what your argument is" Scout Mar 2013 #50
Oh, dear... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #56
Have you heard about something called CANDY! They_Live Mar 2013 #35
Completely agree... Charlotte Little Mar 2013 #38
Good (nt) The Straight Story Mar 2013 #21
So now it is time christx30 Mar 2013 #24
What would make more sense, would be a tax on soda pop and candy. WHEN CRABS ROAR Mar 2013 #25
I'm glad. Let people drink their soda. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #30
I think Justice Tingling has been studying his history. Brigid Mar 2013 #34
It's not too surprising that the court overturned it davidpdx Mar 2013 #41
Stupid law imposed by a power hungry megalomanic ButterflyBlood Mar 2013 #43
good Niceguy1 Mar 2013 #57
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