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JayMcGee · 01-04-2007, 09:12 PM

perhaps I was being too subtle.......

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce
Now anybody with half a god damn brain knows what the Constitution framers were talking about. No cutesy dancing about is going to change that, or the Constitutional guarantees it gives Joe, no matter how many times they invoke, it's for the god damn children.

so how come there's a first let alone a second and the dozens that followed, amendment?

xoxoxoBruce · 01-04-2007, 09:27 PM

Don't be misled by the term amendment.

The Constitution was written and approved by the framers. When they were done they looked at the thing, and decided it's a good outline for running a country, now how does it apply to and effect the people? They then wrote the "Bill of Rights" to spell out the protections of the people from the government. They were written as amendments 1 through 10, so they would never be separated from the Constitution.... so the government couldn't just cast them aside. Only then was the package presented for the approval of the states, of the people.

01-04-2007, 09:12 PM	#1
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	perhaps I was being too subtle....... Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce Now anybody with half a god damn brain knows what the Constitution framers were talking about. No cutesy dancing about is going to change that, or the Constitutional guarantees it gives Joe, no matter how many times they invoke, it's for the god damn children. so how come there's a first let alone a second and the dozens that followed, amendment? __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

01-04-2007, 09:27 PM	#2
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Don't be misled by the term amendment. The Constitution was written and approved by the framers. When they were done they looked at the thing, and decided it's a good outline for running a country, now how does it apply to and effect the people? They then wrote the "Bill of Rights" to spell out the protections of the people from the government. They were written as amendments 1 through 10, so they would never be separated from the Constitution.... so the government couldn't just cast them aside. Only then was the package presented for the approval of the states, of the people. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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