Reply To: Show us zee papers.. Passports of your not coming in ever….

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Back to the concerns of the Original Post…

Our “Rights” have never been unimpeachable or immune from regulation or common sense restrictions.

I’d die for my Right to Free Speech, but I also agree that yelling, “FIRE!” in a crowded theatre is not Free Speech, but Reckless Endangerment and possibly Assault, Manslaughter, &/or Murder depending on the outcome of that situation.  I also 100% believe that folks spreading disinformation on “News” and social media platforms should be held to that same standard as the individual who yells, “FIRE!”

I’d likewise die for my Right to Peaceable Assembly, but I don’t believe my Right to Peaceable Assembly means I can force my way into any building or privately owned property without adhering to the restrictions by those who own or are liable for the well-being of those in that facility/location.

And that goes back to the Original Post.  If a group running an event I want to go to tells me that I have to follow certain rules to attend (masks, vaccine record proof, no guns, no alcohol, under/over a certain age, wearing pants, etc., etc., etc.), then I have two options.  Follow the rules and attend or exercise my right not to adhere to those rules, and stay home.  Asking someone to follow rules to attend is not and has never been an infringement on the individuals rights.  The individual always has the right not to attend.

Heh, I love the folks that get all up in arms over wearing masks in a grocery store saying that the store is denying the individual their rights…when right on the door for as long as most of us can remember is a sign that says, “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.”  Requirements to enter a grocery store aren’t new.  Just the politics.