Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
Individual rights are absolutely the most important. As long your rights don't violate somebody else's rights as spelled out in the constitution.
but, as the constitution evolves, where do your rights spill over onto another's. we can all see that if you shoot your gun into a crowded room and kill someone, you have infringed on one of their basic rights. but if your accumulation of wealth is seen as having too much and another is starving, is the government justified in taking what is yours to feed those who failed to succeed? our rights seem fluid. do we have the right to abundance in the face of need?
delusionsofNORMALity Reviewed by delusionsofNORMALity on . are we to be free? with all the talk of socialism in america and the growing governmental control over our relatively free marketplace, i feel the need to ask those of you on these boards a rather basic question. is the individual an important component of american political philosophy or is the will of the people of paramount concern? this country has always led the world in its pursuit of the rights of the individual, understanding that the price we pay for those rights is a tumultuous life at best. as Rating: 5