I find it a sad thing indeed that civics is no longer a required subject in public schools. It is clear that far too few citizens have a clue...
And, for those who have the mistaken belief that owning a handgun is much protection, if it makes you feel better, fine, however, when/if the government comes after you, remember they are a bit better armed...all the way up to nukes. On Oct 24, 10:01 pm, Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Courts do not focus on the founders because they were gods but > because their ideas were ratified by the people and remain the law of > the land until the people change it. That's the way it should be. As > soon as an amendment is ratified, the Courts stop focusing on the > founders for that part and start focusing on the legislators who > passed the amendment. > > The procedure doesn't just apply to the Constitution. Courts will > focus on the legislative intent of any statute, whether it was passed > last week or 100 years ago. Would we really want them doing anything > else? > > Aaron > > On Oct 24, 8:49 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > When people are talking about the constitution, they try to figure out what > > the founding fathers meant by this and that as if they were gods. The > > founding fathers are dead and I don't particularly care how they would > > interpret > > something. What I care about is what is in the best interest of the world > > as > > we know it now. Trying to figure out what the founding fathers would do or > > what they meant is like trying to figure out what a doctor of that age > > would do > > to treat cancer. It is irrelevant. > > The bottom line is I am packing a legal pistol and I am happy that law > > abiding citizens have that right. > > > J.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
