GEORGE SODINI: A DOUBTFULLY GOOD MATE

Thay appear to have been losing too many Christians
on the way to church.

let me get this straight, You are all for intrusive laws that would require packing but oppose any laws that limit your ability to pack.

Rudy was just being modest.

farmerman wrote:

It woud be socially beneficial, anti-crime and anti-collectivist,
but the 10th and 13th Amendments being what thay are,
I 'd not actually FORCE defensive emergency equipment upon people against their will,
the same way democracy and literacy are socially beneficial,
but I woud not actually FORCE people to vote or to go to school against their will.
Maybe give them tax credits for being well armed,
maybe $1,000 per year for each gun that thay carry daily.






farmerman wrote:

Well, the 2nd Amendment being what it is,
government has no jurisdiction to interfere in any citizen 's right
of self defense (tho it has authority to remove and isolate violently dangerous people).





David

sort a the same thing Dave. I rest my case that you are not a strict constructionist as youve implied in the past. You are one, like most of us, who recognizes that the Constitution is a living document and must reflect the times.

NOW, all we gotta do is to come to some agreements about the content therein.

farmerman wrote:

I am at a loss to understand your reasoning,
that I am not a strict constructionist.






farmerman wrote:

I disput and reject that with ineffable emphasis.

That is the same as saying that NO constitution exists at all
and Obama and his congress can rightly do whatever thay please,
when thay choose to do it. Saying that the Constitution "is a living document"
is the same as saying that government shoud be only a bunch of unlimited bullies.

In order to have validity the Constitution must be stable;
either be that or be a foolish joke. It shoud have been
written in Latin, a dead language, for maximal stability.

The "living document" notion is only an excuse to justify cheating,
denying that anyone has permanent rights under it.
By use of that "living document" theory, W coud have justified
his remaining in office for any number of years,
claiming that the times require it. In NYC, Mayor Rudy Giuliani
tried to get away with that, claiming that his brilliant expertise
was indispensable to the public well being because of 9/11.

The constitutional rights have been established, the same as principles
of elementary mathematics. Those political rights cannot change
without amending the Constitution as set forth in its Article 5.





David