(July 1, 2014 at 4:36 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:(July 1, 2014 at 10:16 am)Heywood Wrote: "Persuit of happiness" isn't in the Constitution. Its in the Declaration of Independence.
9th amendment.
You're welcome.
Incidentally, before you go arguing that it's still not in the 9th amendment, I'll remind you that the Constitution is an enumeration of Federal government *powers*, and nowhere listed is the power to infringe on the people's pursuit of happiness.
Inasmuch as the right to privacy exists, but is not specifically enumerated, so does the right to pursue happiness.
I am not looking forward to debate your divergences, but the right to happiness, in the US or other country should be interpreted with diligence. Why? Because people could argue absurdities that would make them happy. Imagine this, I don't want to work because I'm lazy, and I argue the state should still pay me welfare my whole life because it makes me happy. Would it be legitimate? No. There is a right to pursue happiness (in my constitution there is the right to fulfillment, not to happiness, but it's pretty similar
), not the right to be happy, being happy will depend on yourself as long as minimum conditions are given.
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you