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lYes. We call Him "Who Am".
Yes. In the language of philosophy, it's a presupposition, or metaphysics, or ontology thing. It's about basis, for all of law.
And in the terms of Abraham Lincoln, bane to those with southern cow-chips on their shoulders: No one really has the right to do what is wrong.
Without that principle, the Declaration, hence the Nation, hence the Constitution are meaningless.
...except for the treasure map that Nicholas Cage finds on the back of the vellum, in the new movie.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
Nice to see Hollywood has found a use for the Declaration.
We can thank God for our wonderful country tomorrow.
Amen!
Au contraire, the right to get it wrong is called freedom. If people haven't that right and freedom, they are not free.
Lincoln's decision was that it was better that the South not be free, that it be devastated and occupied by a vast and vindictive army of soldiers, carpetbaggers, and tax (confiscation) agents, than that he, Lincoln, should have to continue to endure the agony of Europeans' pointing out the inconsistencies between the language of the Declaration and the laws of the established government of the United States. Let the South burn -- but Abe's embarrassment must end.
He killed 620,000 men over that.
Without that principle, the Declaration, hence the Nation, hence the Constitution are meaningless.
Awww, too bad -- here, cheer up, have some rat poison. You can make it a protest statement, a statement of high moral principle, and the rest of us will just have to struggle along without you.
But no, we have to do it the other way -- 620,000 other people have to die. I get it.
Have you tried prune juice and aspirin instead?