[clawrence3]

The Constitution is not a suicide pact - if it becomes one, then YES ditch it!

[ndt]

"The Constitution is not a suicide pact - if it becomes one, then YES ditch it!"

And there we have it folks the first honest "Constitution, who needs it".

Needless to say I disagree, but I applaud you honesty.

[NJ_gent]

"The Constitution is not a suicide pact"

*sigh* Not this again...

"Let's think about this for a moment - a group of farmers, lawyers, and businessmen sign their names to an open declaration of treason against the Crown, which controls the largest empire and the most powerful military the world has ever seen, and whose punishment for treason is generally death, and it's *NOT* a suicide pact?! I just love that one. Had the revolution turned out the way that any logically thinking person would have expected (it certainly hadn't completely succeeded just yet - see: War of 1812), every man whose name appeared on that Constitution would have been executed to serve as an example of what happens to traitors. These men put liberty far above their personal safety in the face of nearly certain death - but hey, it's not a suicide pact or anything." - NJ_Gent (2004)