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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider
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I'd say that the core principle of the American system is that it opposes tyranny, in whatever form tyranny takes. Tyranny can be a result of government, of the majority, of fanaticism, etc. So our Constitution is laid out in such a way as to prevent these tyrannies -- checks and balances, Federalist divisions, the First Amendment.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
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The constitution really is just a limitation on the power of government, nothing more. Read Ogie's post.Originally posted by Lorizael View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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The Constitution limits government, but it doesn't limit it absolutely or arbitrarily. The point is to limit it to the extent that it can do the job it's required to do and nothing more. But that the founders felt the government was required to do something at all demonstrates that government isn't inherently evil; it's just a tool. Like any tool, it has its uses and misuses.
Really, it's the same argument gun rights advocates make. Guns aren't dangerous; the people that use them are. Guns are a tool that can be handled properly or improperly. Government is no different.Click here if you're having trouble sleeping.
"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones." - François de La RochefoucauldComment
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No, it was teh core principle behind the Articles of Confederation.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostComment
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Wrong. The core principal behind the articles of confederation was a temporary political compromise to get the states to not attack each other.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I don't think anyone in 1777 knew that it was only temporary. That would have made "articles of confederation and perpetual union" a strange name to pick for it.Comment
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The core principle!! Remember the core principle!!A lot of Republicans are not racist, but a lot of racists are Republican.Comment
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Seriously. This.Originally posted by gribbler View PostToday, you are the waves of the Pacific, pushing ever eastward. You are the sequoias rising from the Sierra Nevada, defiant and enduring.Comment
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Guns don't kill people- bullets kill people. That and massive blood loss, organ damage, oxygen starvation, and the heart stopping. Ban bullets.
Ban death.Vive la liberte. Noor Inayat Khan, Dachau.
...patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell, 1915Comment
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You're wasting your breath, Molly...
Just laugh at the morons every time one of their citizens goes postal and guns down a bunch of people...
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