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To: Patriot2A

Stick with the original. It makes the point just as well (save for replacing “King George” appropriately), and makes the point that WE are NOT the ones deviating from the core principles.


15 posted on 04/20/2009 6:48:30 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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And to the common objection “well, the original isn’t clear enough” - the originals (DoI, Constitution, BoR) _ARE_ clear enough. Those who will not be persuaded by the plain meaning of words will not be convinced by more words; instead, they will simply use those new words to further obfuscate the original clear intent, subjugating it to their own biases, bigotry, and cognitive dissonance.


16 posted on 04/20/2009 6:50:51 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (John Galt was exiled.)
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To: ctdonath2
Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.

17 posted on 04/20/2009 6:51:14 AM PDT by MrB (Go Galt now, Bowman later)
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