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Well said, take my upvote. Personal privacy and the belief that you are innocent until proven guilty (no matter how "obviously guilty" you are), are two things
by cdolan 5y ago
Well said, take my upvote.
Personal privacy and the belief that you are innocent until proven guilty (no matter how "obviously guilty" you are), are two things we've really forgotten in the USA and perhaps the modern world in general.
- machinebun 5y agoThe innocent until proven guilty only applies in criminal court, not in civil court by the way. Personal privacy is good, but there are some societal things that should supersede the right to personal privacy in my opinion - I don't think any single right should be absolute.
- cdolan 5y agoThe US Constitution would disagree with you. Edit- the “Bill of Rights” sorry
- machinebun 5y agoWhenever two people have conflicting absolute rights, who's right is more absolute? That's why rights are always relative. The Bill of Rights is a good starting place, but any law should pass the common sense/reasonableness standard - we already make many [reasonable, common-sense] exceptions to the right to free speech (i.e. shouting Fire! in a theatre for a cliche example, or incitement to violence)
- sumedh 5y ago> are two things we've really forgotten in the USA You should one more point to that list, "Rich people should pay their fair share of the taxes" has been forgotten as well.