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Peace's avatar

Religious exemptions need to be "claimed" - NOT "requested" - big difference!

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daverkb's avatar

Claimed? Not requested? The distinction is a word trick, a word gimmick.

The government cannot infringe upon an unalienable right. That is, the government cannot ask a person to claim, request something that is not in their possession in the first place, not theirs to give.

Just look at 'unalienable' in the law dictionary (at least the old American ones) and you will find that what is unalienable inheres in the person, and cannot be bought or sold, nor transfered. And unlike latches, what inheres can always be reasserted because it is a property which never lapses.

I see what you are saying but I think waters here are muddied with confusing one kind of right with another ... the unalienable right with the civil right. We are talking about property rights here, and where they come from ... either God or the state. And 'claiming' is also a confusion. In the right is unalienable, we are then talking standing more than 'claiming'.

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UncleWiggly's avatar

The government infringed, violated and took away all our unalienable rights under the covid fraud. All of those responsible should be in prison, if not executed for crimes against humanity, but not a single one is.

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daverkb's avatar

The real start of 'a taking' of the unalienable rights was in the War Between the States period. And then again in 1913, and then again all gone with FDR ... and only a facsimile of constitutional government ... this is only a rough approximation. But 911 and C19 was the coup de grace on steroids. After that, it's been total enslavement and total tyranny. So said.

And the strangeness is that the Russians in their daily life are 'freer' than the American, Europeans, and Down Under. Who would have thunk it?

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UncleWiggly's avatar

I can't comment on the Russians as I have never been to Russia and don't know any. I do know that Britons, Canadians and Anyone in the EU does not have freedom of speech and the Brits are imprisoning people for facebook posts that go against "accepted speech". The entire West is going full on fascist.

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daverkb's avatar

I was in Russia in 1968. Things there were much freer than under Stalin and before. When all this Russia, Russia, Russia stuff started going on I began looking into Russia again ... and I was shocked at how much things had changed. Many expats say the Federation is more like US was in the 1950's. And as to tone, I agree. But otherwise, very modern looking in a fresh and clean way. No place is perfect, but Russia has done a remarkable turnaround under in these the Putin years. America? Poor America the depraved is now crumbling. Let's hope the next four years do us better.

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Maggie Think of Me's avatar

Watch Tucker's video about Russia! Your eyes will be opened! It is vastly different!

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daverkb's avatar

I need to catch up on Tucker with Elon and this, as you say ... about Russia.

I have been following the 'new Russia' in depth for quite a few years. Moscow and Petersburg are so, so different. Just bright cheerful, stores jammed full, a clean and neat look. Gone is that Soviet era drabness. It blow me away. And the 'new city' in Moscow with skyscrapers did not exist when I was there.

Also, people did not understand how much financial strength Russia has ... something like twenty percent sovereign debt to GDP, super-strong Ruble, excellent foreign exchange balance sheet, strong industrial base. And the Western fools thought they could take down the Federation with the sick man dollar system.

Thanks Maggie! Take good care of yourself and those around you.

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Leo's avatar

Yes, that is the awesome power of invoking an "Emergency."

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