On 4/19/2020 1:37 PM, JOHN DUGGAN via olympus wrote:
Just catching up on various news reports regarding Coronavirus. Listening to Agent Orange's latest pronouncements I
watched a news report showing Rightwing groups armed with Military grade weaponry joining protests against
"Lockdown". To see this in a country with a history of Political assassinations and mass killings really shocked me.
How can a supposedly civilised country allow idiots with the intelligence level of a peanut to proudly parade the
streets legally armed to the teeth.
Word really fail me.
Part of the deal that got our Constitution approved was a package of ten
amendments, called The Bill of Rights.
The Second Amendment is very terse, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the
right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
Its roots in a new country that had to fight a war with another to get
independence are clear.
It has been controversial from its inception. The current legal status ignores "A well regulated Militia" and makes ". .
. the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." the operative part.
The push-pull over this is just one example of the political disagreements endemic in our country. If, for whatever
reason, you would like to understand the cultural roots of this dichotomy, I recommend "American Nations", by Colin
Woodard. It is, IMO, a better analysis and exposition than the earlier "The Nine Nations of North America" by Joel Garreau"
Fragmented Moose
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What if the Hokey Pokey *IS* what it's all about?
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