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by JasonFruit 2966 days ago
No, it's not a balance between our rights and law enforcement; it's laws and law enforcement that stop where our rights begin. A "balance" inevitably ends with all law, all enforcement, and no rights.
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Just like there can only ever be water planets, fire planets or earth planets. A single planets with vulcanos, oceans and continents can't exist.

... Not everything is an absolute. There is a reason why the court of law was generally depicted as an old ... balance (noun)

Kind of a tortured analogy, if you ask me. Not everything is absolute, sure — but I think this is.