I've been trying to change "all men are created equal" for 200 years now and still can't catch a break. This is why I now oversee the "Full Employment for Editors" movement.
I know you're being sarcastic but, as an Australian, compulsory voting is the bomb. It absolutely removes the pressure to "get out the vote", and everyone knows that they'll be voting, so they give at least half an ear to the political speechifying.
And for anyone who wants to whinge about "freedoms", I keep pointing out that it's not compulsory to vote. It's compulsory to receive ballot papers. You're quite free to return them unmarked, so if you have a particular objection to voting you don't have to.
To modern ears, the language sounds a bit clunky and ambiguous, but in the context of the time it was written, it isn't: https://blogs.illinois.edu/...
For instance, there's nothing random about capitalizing "militia" and "state"; these common nouns were elevated to proper nouns quite deliberately--to emphasize the 'official' status of militias and states (e.g., militias exist to defend the state, and have no legal standing outside of that purpose).
That said, I really can't find any explanation for why "Arms" is capitalized in the original; the only sites that mention it seem to all be RW-NRA propaganda outlets that don't really address the question, if at all. It is interesting to note that, in the official transcript of the debate on the 2A, apart from the first word ("A"), nothing else is capitalized: https://press-pubs.uchicago... For a good treatment of how the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights used language, I'd highly recommend Dr. David Hackett Fischer's "Liberty and Freedom, A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas"--somewhere in the first chapter (my sister bought me a copy as a present some 15 years ago; I still haven't made it into the third chapter).
If you have any thoughts on this particular, please share.
I've always thought that, even though it isn't "actually" in the "Constitution", one of the founding principles was "mind your own fuckin' bizness." It works well w/most of the Amendments, also, too!
Why, it's almost as if they were full of shit gaslighters.
Need I point out that Micheal Davis's name is a typo? Ta, Robyn.
And they’re literally paying for it themselves out of their own pockets.
Have I told you lately that I hate Rs. Yep, I reaaaally, reaaally do.
I've been trying to change "all men are created equal" for 200 years now and still can't catch a break. This is why I now oversee the "Full Employment for Editors" movement.
I know you're being sarcastic but, as an Australian, compulsory voting is the bomb. It absolutely removes the pressure to "get out the vote", and everyone knows that they'll be voting, so they give at least half an ear to the political speechifying.
And for anyone who wants to whinge about "freedoms", I keep pointing out that it's not compulsory to vote. It's compulsory to receive ballot papers. You're quite free to return them unmarked, so if you have a particular objection to voting you don't have to.
Seriously, it's great.
A judiciously placed "In" in the begin... Well, see, there you go. When you start out with an "In in," you're already waist deep in the big Fuddy.
Well marbelled!
Shapiro talks extra fast becausehe'sextrasmart!! Everybody knows that. Just ask Ben, he'll be happy to tell you. Insufferable smug prick.
To modern ears, the language sounds a bit clunky and ambiguous, but in the context of the time it was written, it isn't: https://blogs.illinois.edu/...
For instance, there's nothing random about capitalizing "militia" and "state"; these common nouns were elevated to proper nouns quite deliberately--to emphasize the 'official' status of militias and states (e.g., militias exist to defend the state, and have no legal standing outside of that purpose).
That said, I really can't find any explanation for why "Arms" is capitalized in the original; the only sites that mention it seem to all be RW-NRA propaganda outlets that don't really address the question, if at all. It is interesting to note that, in the official transcript of the debate on the 2A, apart from the first word ("A"), nothing else is capitalized: https://press-pubs.uchicago... For a good treatment of how the authors of the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights used language, I'd highly recommend Dr. David Hackett Fischer's "Liberty and Freedom, A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas"--somewhere in the first chapter (my sister bought me a copy as a present some 15 years ago; I still haven't made it into the third chapter).
If you have any thoughts on this particular, please share.
May I suggest that, as a legal matter, this falls under the rubric of De minimis non curat lex: The law does not concern itself about trifles.
I've always thought that, even though it isn't "actually" in the "Constitution", one of the founding principles was "mind your own fuckin' bizness." It works well w/most of the Amendments, also, too!
He was the wrong guy to bet on, for sure. Just a terrible human being.
"Balls and strikes" is100% my balls.
Those workers shoulda had their bootstraps in order.
Looks like Bill Gates cuts his own hair. Of course, how do you think he got So Rich...?