Friday, March 16, 2012
Do we have too many rights, or too few?
Well after viewing the 10 presentations on the bill of rights it is very clear that we have a great number of rights, many of which we may not even know about. I personally believe we have the perfect amount of rights, however if I had to choose I would say perhaps too many. For example, in my court case of Tinker Vs. Des Moines, we have a couple teenagers speaking out against the war in Vietnam, I feel that yes we should have the right to express ourselves as we please, however I do not feel that what they were protesting, the message they were trying to get across was important enough for them to cause that much trouble, it is not like persecution of religion or racism or something like that, I felt they took it too far, likewise the rights of the accused are significantly more than I even imagined. One that I feel is a little questionable is searches and seizures. I believe even if you are searching for say guns and you happen to stumble upon illegal substances you should even without a warrant be able to use that as well, what are they supposed to do, ignore it? However I can see how it is not fair to just barge into a person's private property without valid reasoning. Finally, I was interested in freedom of assembly with the whole Westboro Baptist Church scenario, and I find it appalling, and yes they do have the right to assemble together in global persecution, however I still find it strange how they can go about and stir up such havoc. We have a multitude of rights that we take for granted, and I feel that if we didn't have as many we would perhaps straighten up and people would be more aware of their actions and perhaps a more peaceful existence, as opposed to more rights.
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