Pick Three

[celest]

So this is a question from my Government class, I'm putting it herre because this board hasn't been toughed since Sept. Hope it fits well enough.
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Ok you are creating a new country with a new government. You have a list of 10 things you beleive a government should gareentee it's people, however your governemtn can only garneetee three. Now just you becasue you don't pick on doesn't mean the right will end tommorrow, there is just a pretty good chance that some point in time it will be threatened or taken away.

Here are your ten choices:

Freedom of Speech and Press- this one is pretty clear.
Freedom of Religion- mostly clear, you won’t get in trouble for picking your own religion, you won’t get another religion forced upon you.
Economic Freedom- Government won’t control business, for the most part.
National Security- Your country won’t be taken over by another country.
Privacy Limits on Police- Cops can’t barge in on you at any time; arrest you with out reason/ warrant, search, ect.
Free Elections- You’ll always be able to pick your leader/leaders.
Equal Opportunity- no one can refuse you a job based on race, sex, religion, ect.
Right to Travel- You can go anywhere you want; you can leave any time you want.
Economic Prosperity- Your country will for the most part, have jobs, make money, be depression free.
Right to a Fair Trial- ok self-explanatory.
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So what three would you pick and why. You don't have to debate on it, I'm just curious.

[gryphonpoet]

I would take the speech, religion and elections. With the freedom of speech, ideas can be hashed and hatched. With the religion, there is a morality that will guide the election of the leaders... and that would be the third guarantee I would protect. Free elections. With those three concepts guaranteed to be sacred to the government, you will be more able to protect the others on the list.

On a converse note... Economic prosperity is impossible to guarantee, even for a centralized government. Wealth comes, wealth goes. The only ones who can be guaranteed to be wealthy are the people in power who accept graft and bribe.

[Atreides Conscript]

1. Right to Free Speech
2. Right to Freedom of and from Religion
3. Right to Fair Trials

Essentially, free speech is necessary for a strong nation that will last throughout time. One must be allowed to disagree in order to expose problems within a given system. Without a dissenting opinion, problems must be found through error... which is definitely the hard way.

Freedom of religion is important to keep diverse peoples together under one banner. If one group feels that they are being trampled, then they'll build up for either riot or revolt. This is a very bad thing to a young nation.

The right to fair trial is very important as well. What use is democracy without fairness and justice? If you let people go down for crimes they did not commit, you would let corruption in on the ground floor. A dictator/monarch isn't a good thing, but a dictator or monarch who can make people disappear is far worse. Who is to say that people couldn't elect a corrupt official (like our country hasn't ever had that before!?!) who would destroy justice in the name of power?

[dsim94]

I would have freedom of Speach, freedom of Religion, and the right to vote. ;D[glow=red,2,300][/glow]

[master]

Out of all the decisions I would have to say:
Freedom of Speech and Press, Freedom of Religon, and National security.

[gryphonpoet]

Why those three, master? What are so important about those? Explain your answers, after all this is a thread that requires discussion.