I can read the Constitution as well as you can, and I agree the writing style is easy, and I agree that it doesn't have a lot of words, and I'm not presuming to be better than you at reading comprehension, but you and I are seeing two different things, now aren't we? So it's not as simple as your Toyota owner's manual, now is it? If it was that simple, we wouldn't need a Supreme Court. If it was that simple, we wouldn't have had a Civil War. If it was that simple, we wouldn't be having these arguments.
but you and I are seeing two different things, now aren't we? So it's not as simple as your Toyota owner's manual, now is it? If it was that simple, we wouldn't need a Supreme Court. If it was that simple, we wouldn't have had a Civil War. If it was that simple, we wouldn't be having these arguments.
First, I have no idea if we see it differently myself, as you have not professed any of your ideas concerning the Constitution to me. I'll take your word for it though.
It is that simple. Its a matter of agenda after a point, in my opinion. There are those who wish to go counter to the Constitution, and they usually do so by trying to confuse the language or throw doubt on wording. And sadly, most of our wonderfully pseudo-educated public school graduates fall for this obfuscation hook line and sinker.
I have the same thoughts on The Golden Rule as well. Pretty easy to understand. And yes, people have died by the millions due to falling for con men and snake oil salesmen who told them it meant something other than what it means. But that doesn't mean its not easy to understand. It does mean that there are a lot of people on the low end of the Bell Curve, that's all. Especially in this day an age, thanks to our wonderful Public Education Camps...um...Schools.
Thank you for keeping this civil, to this point, btw.
Of course, the Federalist Papers were written for, what was at that time, the common man who, for the most part, were farmers. Just goes to show that people during that era who were mostly homeschooled in history, spelling, penmanship, etc., were better educated than people are now. We won't even get into the subversions of the Constitution that took place during the Jackson and Lincoln administrations. ;-)