Re: DOES THE 9th AMENDMENT PROTECT RESPONSIBLE REC DRUG USE?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Thomas Erb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>(Over here we had a court 
>that ruled that "mushrooms are plants" - that's just about the same as 
>"(some) entitlements are rights".)

I don't see that as all.  Legally, I have no problem with the legal definition
of "plant" including "fungi", even though scientifically fungi are actually
a different kingdom (it is kingdom, isn't it?) and genetically closer to
animals than plants.

However, an entitlement and a right are different.  A right is something that
someone else is obligated not to interfere with (requires no action on someone
else), whereas an entitlement is an obligation on someone to provide or
perform a service to someone else.

-Pete Zakel
 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

"I think that the war on drugs is domestic Vietnam.  And didn't we learn from
 Vietnam that, at a certain point in the war, we should stop and rethink our
 strategy, ask `Why are we here, what are we doing, what's succeeded, what's
 failed?'  And we ought to do that with the domestic Vietnam, which is the war
 on drugs."
                                -Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke