[TheForge] Patriotic rant....

[Demon Buddha]

Jeff Harding wrote:

>    People all say the Constitution "gives us rights"... Re-read the
> parts written by the original authors.  They clearly state in the
> preamble, (and I'm going to butcher this , my copy doesn't have the
> preamble)  "All men are endowed by their creator with certain
> inalienable rights." 

	Nice sentiment, but IMO complete bull.  Our rights are being
	alienated quite nicely, thankyouverymuch.

	I believe we have the rights we make for ourselves.  If we
	actively maintain those rights, we deserve them.  If we do
	not, we deserve the spanking that we get.  It's as simple as
	that.  The only shame of it is that mob rule will come into
	play in the end and the great wad of lame brained slackers
	who want nothing more of freedom than to be free to choose
	which beer to swill next, will be guided against those
	comparative few who still believe in the constitution in the
	constructionist vein.  They will lose because the primitive
	power of the mindless mob will overwhelm quality via sheer
	mass.  I believe America is lost.  I also pray I'm as wrong
	about it as I will ever be about anything.  And last, I fear
	that I am not.

	-Andy V.

		In this world gone mad,
		we will not spank the monkey.
		The monkey will spank us.