And to use the non-sensical War of 1812 example above, what if those invading British troops shot-up a tourist bus? No legal recourse? "Sorry, my bad, but you are outside the law?"
I mean you guys were really going after the meanings between two words...And the definitions I retrieved from Websters, don't get me wrong, I'm not getting on either of y'alls cases, but the definitions really spelled out some interesting facts...in post #68...
If you were to read the Constitution in a manner such like a piece of poetry...Try to develop some sense of rythm, tempo, or beat...Read it like it was meant to flow off the page, like melted butter on popcorn...
You would see the beauty of how that document was devinely inspired, and was meant to be a joy to read, no matter how dry some try to make the meaning of the words...
Citizen or People...Those words were carefully chosen and presented to mean something more than a dry/technical definition...
I do understand that it is important to know this document inside and out...And be able to apply it in the way it was meant from the beginning...
Getting bogged down in semantics tends to bring its relevance down to a level where people who wish to destroy its intent can do so much easier...
Thats what I understand that when I took oaths in the past to defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic, that it wasn't so much the document itself, that it meant more to me to protect and defend those people and citizens who live under its protections of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness...
Ok, I'm off...geesh...