[clug] EFA?

[Tomasz Ciolek]

On Tue, Sep 25, 2007 at 08:09:58PM +0000, David Howe wrote:
> by contrast, it takes a government act here in little ole canberra to 
> bestow on people even the most basic rights, ie the government "gives" 
> people their rights.

Governments never 'give' they 'define', 'clarify', 'enable' and 'describe'... 

But thats just my cynical self talking.
 
> however in both cases the end result is the same - a powerless public 
> with minimal dissent.

Very true.

> Sam Couter wrote:
> >Tomasz Ciolek <tmc at vandradlabs.com.au> wrote:
> >  
> >>Think of a bill of rights - like the one USA have as a precriptive piece
> >>of law. I don't think I want to have a constirution that prescribes what
> >>my rights are, to exclusion of things not listed in the books.
> >>    
> >
> >You've been listening to Gonzales too much.

Sam: Who is this Gonzales person?


Tomasz

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