Jim Henderson wrote:
> The rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are defined in 
> the Declaration of Independence as being among the "inalienable rights".

The DoI is not a legal document, as such.  It's effectively just pretty 
words.  See also 'enemy combatant' vs. 'prisoner of war', any legal 
tiptoeing to shoehorn enhanced interrogation techniques into being just 
this side of *technically* legal, waiving of said 'inalienable rights' 
by committing this or that crime, moving prisoners out of territory so 
certain laws don't apply, et cetera.

If it can be waived, ever, or at the very least if it needs to be 
spelled out because any people don't have it, it's not an inalienable 
right.  IMO

--
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

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