Military Steps Up War On Blogs

An anonymous reader writes "The military's war on blogs, first reported last spring, is picking up. Now the Air Force is tightening restrictions on which blogs its troops can read. One senior Air Force official calls the squeeze so 'utterly stupid, it makes me want to scream.'"

Comments

No, you don't.

[jd]

The Constitution is a law governing the Government, it is not a law governing individuals. As such, the Constitution can say nothing about individuals. Besides which, the Constitution is a document concerning itself with what is permitted. The "Bill of Rights" is a misnomer, it is merely a bill of permissions. The Government can add/remove amendments (the 2nd included) any time enough States concur with large enough majorities. If it can be taken away, then it is not inalienable and is not a right.

(Besides which, the 2nd only permits militias to bear arms, it does not permit militias to bear ANY arms, and the reference to individuals is merely a prohibition of preventing individuals from being in a militia by preventing them from bearing those arms militias are permitted to bear.)

The only rights you have are those described in the Declaration of Independence as being rights. Those just are. They don't need the Declaration to be true, they ARE true simply by right of being. It is easy to confuse rights and permissions, but it is a grave mistake to do so. When a society assumes it has more rights than actually exist (or, indeed, fewer), you create hostility and instability. This is not to say that a person should like or appreciate the fact that those events/actions important to them can be taken away without notice or warning. A person should stand for what matters to them. But they should do so honestly, not under false pretenses.