Let's put this into perspetive. Recently, on vacation, I visited New Salem state park in Illinois. This was Abrabam Lincoln's home in his youth. I learned that in Lincoln's time the amount inns could charge for a night's lodging and food was set by state law to 3 bits. Can you imagine such intrusion into private business today? For another, as recently as 50 years ago it was illegal for persons not of the same race to marry in California. Whatever you may think about interracial marriage, this was quite a restriction on personal rights. I grew up in the deep South in the days of segregation. I can assure you that, in many ways, we are all much freer than we were then. I'm not suggesting that the problems you raise aren't real. All the hyperbole, though, just detracts from the point you're trying to make. On Thu, 06 Apr 2000, Samy Elashmawy wrote: <snip>
Just look at our goverment now ie restrictions , size , regulations , goverment programs , and what they looked like 50 years aago , 100 years ago and 200 years ago. Quit interesting how the "peaples rights" keep geting narrower and narrower , while the "govermant" increasingly tells us how and what to do .
David Kachel
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