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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
Is this the same respectful discourse in which we assert that because someone supports gun control, they also support slavery? Just want to be clear on that.
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Actually, that was my first attempt at mimicking the posting style, but it was too subtle.
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Originally Posted by Frosstbyte
In any event, there's really no question that the 2nd Amendment, as written, has about as much place in modern society as the 3rd Amendment, which is to say that it doesn't have any place and cannot be read in a way that makes sense. Everyone (including the Supreme Court) is fully aware of the fact that there's no way to amend it through the formal process to clarify either a collective or individual right because we don't have anything close to enough support in either one direction or the other. So we dance around the issue, and we're likely to do so until we either have some seriously ballsy Supreme Court justices or a great deal more agreement on how we feel about guns in this country.
I don't really think either is likely.
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Well put.
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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
the PEOPLE remaining free and soveriegn
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loathe and ridicule
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can't handle freedom.
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Thank you for illustrating exactly how not to convince anyone of anything, ever.
You know that Bush uses similar language in his speeches, right? About people who "hate freedom" and how Iraq is about "freedom and democracy". He says those things because he can't possible defend his positions so he tries to rely on people being distracted by charged words and phrases. There's not really much content.