Thread: Do you know your rights?

Originally Posted by Hillie

Nobody knows all their rights. That's just due to the fact that one needs to know a truckload of paperwork. Next comes the implementation, which gets adjust/finetuned on a daily basis by our courts. Even the legal scholars have proper knowledge of limited parts only.

Of course, there's a difference between knowing "all" and the "daily usable subset". Whatever that may be, 'cause it may change on a daily basis, and differ from person to person.

And the future approaches us at the exact same rate as it always has. One's perspective on the current situation and therefore future can change, making the rate appear changing.

Just had to say I love the Carl avatar... go ATHF!

Originally Posted by 59caddy

obama sought out marxist professors in college

That means nothing though.

I can't imagine seeking out professors. I'm at one of the largest campuses in the country and MOST of my classes I still don't have any kind of choice of professor.

edit: That's why I can't stand right wing pundits. Say what you will, they, much, MUCH more so than left wing pundits, will say anything, with no research or even consideration, so long as they think it makes their "side" seem more "right". Take the whole fiasco about Obama's birth certificate. No significant factor on the left ever formulates any kind of nonsense "controversy" like that. It's laughable to even consider it. But that sort of thing is the status quo for the right during elections. The logic seems to be: "Sure it will become laughable a few months from now, but as long as we can yell loud enough that the people who will make it laughable can't be heard until after the election, we're golden".

I've had maybe one professor who even mentioned politics. He was this wacko math genius rock climber who looked like Mr Fargus (from the season 1 Family guy Episode Peter Vs Lois). This was fall 2008, so never during class, but during study sessions, when he got bored with the math he'd talk with a couple students about how optimistic he was over Obama. I don't know, maybe it's just because I'm so old for an undergrad, but it never seemed like my professors who were talking about things outside the scope of their degree's were speaking with authority. It always struck me as just people talking. The guy was clever, but he was your token liberal. "Bush screwed everything up and Obama will magically fix it all." Anything said after that was just a slow buildup of opinions and details on that one central point. I mean sure his opinions had merit and much of what he went on to say was probably correct, but it was obvious that the relative correctness of his statements took a backseat (in his eyes) to their agreement with his personal opinions.