...governments have rights, whereas individuals don't.
It seems to me that, yes, people have rights, to be certain, and they are inherent in the makeup of the human existance. Hence the recognition of this by the founders of the United States in the US constitution.
But, because the US founders recognized that governments are necessary institutions, they also understood that the People need to delegate some of their rights to the governement, in order to secure certain benefits that they otherwise wouldn't have. This delegation took place originally in the ratification of the US constitution, whereby the People delegated certain rights to the government (namely: effect commerce and secure the common defense).
This means that governments (or, rather, at least the US government), does have rights...in theory it is set of rights that was given to it by the people.
These rights can be extended or removed through the leglislative process (or abused, but that's a different conversation). My point is that, at least in theory, the process is there for the People (as a group) to control the government, but, at the same time, give up some of their rights (as individuals) to the government. So, you can have a government that controls a given aspect of a person/the people's lives, such as a restriction of the export of crypto, but, again, in theory it is because that is what the People chose to allow. Not that it always works this way (obviously), but it seems to me that this is close to what the US founders had in mind.
There are people that can't handle it, but there are people that can.
Take a decent pilot, for example. I know personally that I can both talk to ATC (on a radio, by the way, which requres you to also use a Push to Talk button) and land an airplane at the same time, in a crosswind no less.
Someone that can do that can easily handle driving a car while talking on a phone. But, I also agree that there are many people that can't handle even driving a car, let alone talking on a phone while trying to do it...
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...governments have rights, whereas individuals don't.
It seems to me that, yes, people have rights, to be certain, and they are inherent in the makeup of the human existance. Hence the recognition of this by the founders of the United States in the US constitution.
But, because the US founders recognized that governments are necessary institutions, they also understood that the People need to delegate some of their rights to the governement, in order to secure certain benefits that they otherwise wouldn't have. This delegation took place originally in the ratification of the US constitution, whereby the People delegated certain rights to the government (namely: effect commerce and secure the common defense).
This means that governments (or, rather, at least the US government), does have rights...in theory it is set of rights that was given to it by the people.
These rights can be extended or removed through the leglislative process (or abused, but that's a different conversation). My point is that, at least in theory, the process is there for the People (as a group) to control the government, but, at the same time, give up some of their rights (as individuals) to the government. So, you can have a government that controls a given aspect of a person/the people's lives, such as a restriction of the export of crypto, but, again, in theory it is because that is what the People chose to allow. Not that it always works this way (obviously), but it seems to me that this is close to what the US founders had in mind.
Just my two cents...
Try proving the validity of logic itself :-)
You have to use it to disprove it. It's unavoidable.
There is no absolute truth.
Is that absolutely true? If not, then there is. If it is, then it disproves itself.
I agree.
There are people that can't handle it, but there are people that can.
Take a decent pilot, for example. I know personally that I can both talk to ATC (on a radio, by the way, which requres you to also use a Push to Talk button) and land an airplane at the same time, in a crosswind no less.
Someone that can do that can easily handle driving a car while talking on a phone. But, I also agree that there are many people that can't handle even driving a car, let alone talking on a phone while trying to do it...
And,I also think that headsets help.
When will it end?
"Microsoft Worms Crash Ohio Nuke Plant"
Ummm...no, it clearly states in the body: disabled a safety monitoring system for nearly five hours.
He said he particularly disliked being forced to specify whether he was offering a "supporting comment" or a "differing opinion" to Bush.
Umm....won't they know that anyway when/if they read the email?
Or does he normally write ambiguous emails?