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AldoLeopold

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27. Too many revere the "Founding Fathers" and refuse to go against their will

Reply to needledriver (Reply #20)

Tue Dec 18, 2012, 01:06 AM

Dec 2012

I have enough respect for them to, I think, rightfully assume, that all good and wise fathers desire their children to grow up and make their own decisions.

I think they, all of them, would be the first one to tell us that they were not gods. Yet, why do we treat them as such?

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Thank you so much for the advice, it is greatly appreciated patrice, sasha031 Dec 2012 #11

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You know? People wouldn't mind that so much if that's what actually happened. But we get BULLSHIT patrice Dec 2012 #6

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Except that the States didn't ratify a version with three commas: needledriver Dec 2012 #20

2 commas? That's only 1. At any rate you still have the modifier, in whole or in part, depending upo patrice Dec 2012 #21

Quite right. Comma counting fail! needledriver Dec 2012 #29

Too many revere the "Founding Fathers" and refuse to go against their will AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #27

Ask the administrators. closeupready Dec 2012 #13

Because it is time that the general DU community intaglio Dec 2012 #15

The gun owners are the real victims in all this. WilliamPitt Dec 2012 #17

sadly...this OP will most likely get locked tjwash Dec 2012 #18

if that's the case, I just contributed to DU sasha031 Dec 2012 #19

Because the Democratic party platform affirms our support for gun rights? Recursion Dec 2012 #22

they have been here consistently sasha031 Dec 2012 #23

Usually it settles down after a few days Recursion Dec 2012 #24

I haven't seen any. Are you looking for them? nt Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #25

They have taken over. Cleita Dec 2012 #26

They have the same talking points my father gives AldoLeopold Dec 2012 #28