(August 6, 2012 at 10:30 pm)padraic Wrote: Perhaps some kind person will explain to me the relevance of the views and intentions of the founding fathers of the USA.
Abraham Lincoln described the US Republic as having a government "of the people, for the people and by the people" The US constitution was deliberately designed so it could be changed at the will of "we the the people"
The constitution was adopted in 1787. Since that time there have been 27 amendments ,the first enacted in 1791, the last in 1991. The first ten amendments were ALL proposed at the same time; September 25 1789 and were all enacted on December 15 1791.
The founding fathers set up a framework, not a binding dogma.Even the justification for the loopy US gun culture,the Second Amendment may be simply abolished at any time by' we the people',and will be, eventually.
1.) They are rather revered in the USA.
2.) Neo-conservatives & christian dominionists use them as talking point, i.e. "this is what the founding fathers wanted, what they worshiped & how they lived", even if it is a blatant lie revealed by actually reading the things that said founding fathers wrote.
3.) The 2nd Amendment isn't going anywhere in mine or your lifetime. You simply have no idea how ingrained firearm ownership is over here.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
