If you are a libertarian I would have thought you would support extending the freedom of choosing sterilization to more women? I thought extension of individual freedoms and liberty was what libertarians were all about.
The point here is this: If you understand the 10th Amendment of our Constitution, it says that all powers that have not been expressly given to the Federal Government belong to the States. The Federal Government does NOT need to have it's hand in our medical affairs. That power is for the STATES alone to govern. Now, if the State of Oregon wants to make, I dunno, OregonCare... then that's totally fine, let them do whatever they want. That's THEIR decision as a PEOPLE. But the Federal Government has NO, let me repeat, NO AUTHORITY in this department. They were not given the power to mandate us like this through the Constitution, they were given a very strict set of powers, and they are FAR, FAR beyond where they are supposed to be.
I want us to be free, but depending on the Federal Government is the exact OPPOSITE of being free.
I'm just guessing, but you're probably a Democrat, aren't you? Just a wild guess here. :/
Governments flout the Constitution in America all the time, and I DON'T believe that SOLELY because anything a government does is unconstitutional it MUST be wrong or disturbing. The Constitution is NOT a moral guide about what we should or should not be disturbed by, it is a document designed to - in the context of the 1700s when it was signed - to keep political power in the hands of the people and prevent the government becoming corrupt (an aim in which, I would argue, it failed).
Just because a matter is unconstitutional, that does not automatically make it disturbing. This is in the same way that just because a citizen acts against the law, that does not automatically make their actions wrong. Using the Constitution to decide the morality of, for example, a piece of legislation, is akin to using the bible as a method of justifying how we should live our lives in the 21st Century.
You may disagree with the way that the regulation came to exist, but that isn't the issue. The issue is the content of the regulation.
I'm not an eligible voter, but if I was I would *probably* vote Democrat in the upcoming Presidential election (although if I was not in a swing state I would probably vote for an independent or third party candidate). I'm not a committed supporter of any party in any country though, only causes with I believe in. So no, I'm not a Democrat (I'm also not a traditionalist; I don't believe in the sovereignty of Constitutions, but that's for another debate).
You're a Democrat (-esque), so you automatically lose, IMHO.
1) It was NOT the Constitution that failed, it was the People.
2) The content of the law IS disturbing. A federal mandate, sterilizing girls at menarche, RFID chips... you don't think this is disturbing??
3) I'm not using the Constitution as a moral compass, but a legislative one. The Constitution is a NEAR PERFECT piece of paper that does not GIVE people rights, but only POINTS OUT the "un-a-lien-able" rights that we have as a human race.
The fact that you sound like you think the Constitution is "outdated" means you have no fricking clue about what it is you're dealing with. You sound just like O'blammer:
1) Unless you can explain why you think the Constitution is still relevant and the people are to blame, we should agree to disagree.
2) Refer back to wigsplitz's comment.
3) I think you are using the Constitution as a guide for what is right and what is wrong in terms of legislation. I think legislation should be judged on its merits not on its ability to comply with the Constitution. Your using the Constitution as a tool to judge legislation without assessing its merits objectively.
Additional point, but supporting a particular side does not make you lose a debate. You sound like someone who doesn't know what they're talking about; all fancy rhetoric and no depth.
Do you think this is as disturbing as I think it is???
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Ew... I'm Libertarian.
The entire concept of a federal mandate is appalling, and UNconstitutional.
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If you are a libertarian I would have thought you would support extending the freedom of choosing sterilization to more women? I thought extension of individual freedoms and liberty was what libertarians were all about.
Or does that only go for things you agree with?
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The point here is this: If you understand the 10th Amendment of our Constitution, it says that all powers that have not been expressly given to the Federal Government belong to the States. The Federal Government does NOT need to have it's hand in our medical affairs. That power is for the STATES alone to govern. Now, if the State of Oregon wants to make, I dunno, OregonCare... then that's totally fine, let them do whatever they want. That's THEIR decision as a PEOPLE. But the Federal Government has NO, let me repeat, NO AUTHORITY in this department. They were not given the power to mandate us like this through the Constitution, they were given a very strict set of powers, and they are FAR, FAR beyond where they are supposed to be.
I want us to be free, but depending on the Federal Government is the exact OPPOSITE of being free.
I'm just guessing, but you're probably a Democrat, aren't you? Just a wild guess here. :/
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Governments flout the Constitution in America all the time, and I DON'T believe that SOLELY because anything a government does is unconstitutional it MUST be wrong or disturbing. The Constitution is NOT a moral guide about what we should or should not be disturbed by, it is a document designed to - in the context of the 1700s when it was signed - to keep political power in the hands of the people and prevent the government becoming corrupt (an aim in which, I would argue, it failed).
Just because a matter is unconstitutional, that does not automatically make it disturbing. This is in the same way that just because a citizen acts against the law, that does not automatically make their actions wrong. Using the Constitution to decide the morality of, for example, a piece of legislation, is akin to using the bible as a method of justifying how we should live our lives in the 21st Century.
You may disagree with the way that the regulation came to exist, but that isn't the issue. The issue is the content of the regulation.
I'm not an eligible voter, but if I was I would *probably* vote Democrat in the upcoming Presidential election (although if I was not in a swing state I would probably vote for an independent or third party candidate). I'm not a committed supporter of any party in any country though, only causes with I believe in. So no, I'm not a Democrat (I'm also not a traditionalist; I don't believe in the sovereignty of Constitutions, but that's for another debate).
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I KNEW IT!!!
You're a Democrat (-esque), so you automatically lose, IMHO.
1) It was NOT the Constitution that failed, it was the People.
2) The content of the law IS disturbing. A federal mandate, sterilizing girls at menarche, RFID chips... you don't think this is disturbing??
3) I'm not using the Constitution as a moral compass, but a legislative one. The Constitution is a NEAR PERFECT piece of paper that does not GIVE people rights, but only POINTS OUT the "un-a-lien-able" rights that we have as a human race.
The fact that you sound like you think the Constitution is "outdated" means you have no fricking clue about what it is you're dealing with. You sound just like O'blammer:
An idiot. ^_~
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1) Unless you can explain why you think the Constitution is still relevant and the people are to blame, we should agree to disagree.
2) Refer back to wigsplitz's comment.
3) I think you are using the Constitution as a guide for what is right and what is wrong in terms of legislation. I think legislation should be judged on its merits not on its ability to comply with the Constitution. Your using the Constitution as a tool to judge legislation without assessing its merits objectively.
Additional point, but supporting a particular side does not make you lose a debate. You sound like someone who doesn't know what they're talking about; all fancy rhetoric and no depth.