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Oh yeah, but if I'm scared, you can read my mail, listen to my phone calls, and examine my library reading habits.

It should be, and Canada, I think it's the uteri you're having trouble with the intrusion of.

Absolutely! But the key question is how and upon what principles? Liberals would argue that they believe in limited government intrusion upon personal behavior and that the best defense of this type of anarchic individualism is through expansion of rights that are protected by the judiciary beyond legislative control. Obviously that is not what the founders intended nor is it truly freedom rather a recipe for tyranny. (please see Kelo v New London) I believe however the limits of the government- as the founders believed it- are derived from the principles of self-government and a devolved republican system. Elections and the balance of powers between the coordinate branches of government- the limited and enumerated powers explicitly stated within the constitution create a system of government that protects the people from illegitimate coercion. We are free not because we can do individually whatever the hell we want but because we can collectively determine the ends of our government. This is very clear in Federalist #10 when Madison discusses limiting factionalism. If we are to believe the current liberal dogma one would have to believe Madision The Father Of The Constitution had everything completely backward. Of course he did not- he understood what was meant by true liberty and the natural obligations for the responsiblity societies take when they are free.

. . .then get out of women's vaginas. . .