How do you feel about this quote?

[Smurfy]

...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn’t say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a ‘compelling interest’ in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn’t say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn’t say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances.
— Harry Browne, 1996 USA presidential candidate, Libertarian Party

 

[Y_lifter]

All Documents IMO are subject to interpretation, no matter how clear they
attempt to make them..

I think many founding documents were written very obscurely for a reason.
The reason ?
So that people would agree to sign it.

 

[Smurfy]

All Documents IMO are subject to interpretation, no matter how clear they
attempt to make them..

I think many founding documents were written very obscurely for a reason.
The reason ?
So that people would agree to sign it.

There are many people today who stand behind the Constitution and Bill of Rights very concretely and strongly and do not feel that you can pick and choose which parts of it apply to today's world and which do not. It's all or nothing with some people.

 

[Smurfy]

http://www.jelks.nu/misc/articles/quotes.html

It came out of this page.

 

[Y_lifter]

I look at them as mostly Guidelines of Intent for the good of everyone,
vs being a list of 100% hard fast rules..

Much like the Bible in a way..
And we know there are people that view that writing in many ways.
Some 100% Literal till it hurts, some are moderate in how they view it,
and some taking it so out of context to fit their own needs that it looses
its original intent

Don't get so carried away by following the letter of the law that you lose sight
of its real intent.

 

[silverbackn]

...The Bill of Rights is a literal and absolute document. The First Amendment doesn’t say you have a right to speak out unless the government has a ‘compelling interest’ in censoring the Internet. The Second Amendment doesn’t say you have the right to keep and bear arms until some madman plants a bomb. The Fourth Amendment doesn’t say you have the right to be secure from search and seizure unless some FBI agent thinks you fit the profile of a terrorist. The government has no right to interfere with any of these freedoms under any circumstances.
— Harry Browne, 1996 USA presidential candidate, Libertarian Party

I wonder if he lost anyone dear to him in 9/11 and if his view point changed on any of this?

 

[Smurfy]

Don't get so carried away by following the letter of the law that you lose sight
of its real intent.

agreed.

 

[bran987]

I tink he worry about slippery dickery slopery dock