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Platapus · 06-21-09, 03:26 PM

Few expressions will invoke stronger emotional responses from Americans than the expression:

If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear from the Government.

It is just part of the American culture. We, as a people, tend to distrust our government. This is why the various constitutions are written from a point of prohibiting action (Congress/State will not...) as opposed to permitting action (Congress/State can...). When the government is permitted to take action, it will be carefully defined as to provide limits and restrictions on the part of the government.

Constitutions of other nations do not always follow the American style.

06-21-09, 03:26 PM	#22
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,442 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Few expressions will invoke stronger emotional responses from Americans than the expression: If you have done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear from the Government. It is just part of the American culture. We, as a people, tend to distrust our government. This is why the various constitutions are written from a point of prohibiting action (Congress/State will not...) as opposed to permitting action (Congress/State can...). When the government is permitted to take action, it will be carefully defined as to provide limits and restrictions on the part of the government. Constitutions of other nations do not always follow the American style. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.