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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: shmokes on February 05, 2005, 01:06:56 pm --- The right of the people to bare arms can't be abridged unless there is a majority in congress who decide to abridge it.
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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: DrewKaree on February 05, 2005, 05:58:53 pm ---I thought God was a she, or were are you just "mixing it up"?
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fredster:
--- Quote ---The right of the people to bare arms can't be abridged unless there is a majority in congress who decide to abridge it.
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No, they can't. It's in the consitution to allow people to have guns, it's the basic law of the land. That would be unconsitutional and easily proven unconstiutional. If however there is a majority of people who want to change the actual consitution with an new article, it gets ratified into the consitution, well yah, then it happens.
--- Quote ---Think about it, if you have a majority it's easy enough to pass a law for whatever you want.
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Isn't that "democracy" in it's most basic form???
--- Quote --- The point of the Bill of Rights was to guard certain important liberties from ever being taken away from the people, even if the majority in government wants to take them away.
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DrewKaree:
One of my pet peeves is ATM's too! But for a different reason.
On a drive-up ATM, why do they have Braille on them? ;) ;D
saint:
What if the local Wiccans want to put up a pentagram in the courthouse? People will have to weigh in to let me know if I'm wrong, but I suspect the majority of Christians would object to it (and possibly Jews, Muslims, etc...). Anyone who believes the 10 Commandments belong in a court house please feel free to comment, I'm genuinely curious. What about something less controversial, such as a statue of Buddah?
And Fredster, for what it's worth, I agree with you the default language on an ATM should be English anywhere in the US. I don't mind Spanish being available (I think English only laws are silly), but it shouldn't be the default.
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--- Quote from: fredster on February 05, 2005, 01:14:55 am ---If the local people of a community want to decorate their court house with stained glass and crosses, fine, that's great. It doesn't stop them from doing the business of government, and might even make them more forgiving. If some jewish group wants a symbol, let them pay for it and put it there. No skin off my chin.
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