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ParanoidPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-27-04 03:37 PM
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38. What a foolish thing to say!
"Those applauding the actions by government officials in San Francisco are rooting for anarchy, not human rights."!

Lets take your line of thinking to the extreme shall we? :evilgrin:

Suppose an 'activist' legislature somewhere were to decide to pass a law stating that all people of a given race, sex or class should be rounded up, held without charge or trial and summarily executed. It would most certainly conflict with the federal and all state constitutions and deny the rights of those subjected to it but until struck down by a higher court, it would still be the law.
By your line of 'reasoning', despite the fact that those peoples constitutionally guaranteed rights would be violated, the authorities would have to round up, detain and execute them, until such a time as a higher court strikes it down, just because it's the law right now.
To do otherwise would be by your definition "rooting for anarchy". :crazy:

Be careful what you wish for.....
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