(February 17, 2017 at 4:52 pm)Khemikal Wrote: Taking a look at the ways in which murder becomes a federal crime you might see that it has little to do with "the south"s interests, specifically, and more to do with protecting agents of the state, the states jurisdiction over communications, and money. Sure, there's also the war on drugs...and one piece of boilerplate stuff thrown in to make it not so glaringly obvious.
(in order for there to be a general, federal murder law congress would have to be granted powers not currently conferred constitutionally)
Remember, I live in the South and consider Texas my home by choice, so this is not a personal diatribe against the South.
Preamble to the US Constitution
We the people … in order to
1. Form a more perfect union
2. Establish justice
3. Ensure domestic tranquility
4. Provide for the common defense
5. Promote the general well fare
6. Secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity
Do ordain and establish this Constitution …
How does making murder a federal crime violate this? And why has the South continuously filibustered any effort to do so for the last almost 100 years but doesn’t feel that its interference is relevant?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
