[FortWorthPatriot]

"A lot of blood has been shed to preserve the Constitution for 221 years. Lincoln thought that it was worth the lives of hundreds of thousands of brave men to preserve it. The country has been through serious riots in the streets before and has survived them..."

You raise an excellent point but unfortunately we have far too many people in this country that think we as a nation are "beyond" violence and bloodshed. They believe the notion of a physical, bloody, brother-against-brother war is "passe" and "so 19th century." We're "enlightened" nowadays dontcha know? What with Starfleet and all...

[Desdemona]

we have far too many people in this country that think we as a nation are "beyond" violence and bloodshed. They believe the notion of a physical, bloody, brother-against-brother war is "passe" and "so 19th century." We're "enlightened" nowadays dontcha know?

Some people don't want to admit that brute force trumps negotiation every time.