"So taking peoples rights away is an american value ? I think I will push for legislation to make cancer surgery illegal . After all cancer cells are human life too and with modern medical tech they could become a human being also ."
"In a way , taking rights away is an American value since we have prescribed methods for doing it . For instance , we have legislatures which posess authority to remove a large number of what you likely consider to be rights . Here are just a small number that come to mind : 1 ) Right to murder 2 ) Right to own slaves 3 ) Right to rape 4 ) Right to abusing children 5 ) Right to vote 6 ) Right to smoke ( if you 're under 18 ) 7 ) Right to drink ( 18th Amendment ) 8 ) Right to engage in certain activities in public 9 ) Right to drive as fast as one wants 10 ) Right to dump dangerous chemicals in the nearest river The list goes on really . The fact is that you do n't object to taking rights away in principle , you only object to taking away those rights that you wish to retain . That is quite inconsistent . Where do you get the idea that one has a right to perform an abortion anyway ?"
"So taking peoples rights away is an american value ?"
"In a way , taking rights away is an American value"