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In reply to the discussion: What is your personal 'line in the sand' [View all]Scuba
(53,475 posts)15. At one point the government forced me to sign away all my Constitutional rights ...
... and proceeded to then put me in harm's way.
While I'm proud of my service, I've since drawn a line much closer to personal liberty. Still, I willingly pay my taxes because I know my government both needed and best able to do many, many things. That includes protecting us for enemies foreign and domestic. If I have to give up my gun hobby to help ensure that happening, so be it.
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Good,effective,progressive and beneficial to society government is not a zero sum
libtodeath
Feb 2013
#4
" things like mandatory seatbelt laws and mandatory bicycle helmet laws are bullsh*t."
JayhawkSD
Feb 2013
#39
At one point the government forced me to sign away all my Constitutional rights ...
Scuba
Feb 2013
#15
My family finding out that I was baptized (against my and their will) after I have passed ....
Tikki
Feb 2013
#21
Cons already tell me I should be straight and marry a man. Hells to the no. Or that I should
SWTORFanatic
Feb 2013
#27