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Revisiting the Declaration of Independence would be

Posted on: July 4, 2024 at 11:06:11 CT
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appropriate on this fine Independence Day. Our Founding Fathers had their heads on straight with regards to the role of government in our society.

https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript

Government is a construct of people and should be a servant and tool of the people to achieve the ends for which we were all created. When it falls short, it should be brought back into line so that it will better serve the people in achieving the harmony and right order that our Creator intends for us.

If it gets too far out of whack it can be tossed in the trash and the people can start over in fashioning a government that more effectively meets those ends.

(That is my own rough paraphrase, not an exact quote from the Declaration of Independence.) ;-)
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If the government decides that you no longer have the right - hokie VT - 7/4 08:51:39
     Yes, they cannot take away a right - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/4 09:05:18
          Interesting point. What purpose to rights serve if they - hokie VT - 7/4 09:06:59
               It is part of the greatness of our county - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/4 09:14:01
                    Endowed by whom? Does each earther have the same rights, - hokie VT - 7/4 09:20:49
                         We can debate where they come from - but where we start - 4TigersinMichigan MU - 7/4 09:25:31
                              FTR, i have no problem at all with believing that our rights - hokie VT - 7/4 09:35:49
                                   The basis for it all really comes down to - JeffB MU - 7/4 09:54:37
                                        I think that some of us are pretty much on the same - hokie VT - 7/4 10:07:46
                                             RE: I think that some of us are pretty much on the same - meatiger MU - 7/4 11:32:43
                                             Revisiting the Declaration of Independence would be - JeffB MU - 7/4 11:06:11
                                                  RE: Revisiting the Declaration of Independence would be - meatiger MU - 7/4 11:34:03
                    you're starting to throw around some appropriate - 90Tiger STL - 7/4 09:16:49
     Holy fck - meatiger MU - 7/4 09:02:02
          yet you and I are both here as well - tman MU - 7/4 09:06:17
               if you're here, and I'm here, isn't it our time? (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/4 09:16:24
                    Phoebe Cates was an epic scene(nm) - tman MU - 7/4 09:27:20
                         the epiciest of epics (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/4 09:46:13
          That's ok meat. Any commetnary on the topic from you, would - hokie VT - 7/4 09:05:39
     Yes. The government doesn't grant you rights hokie bird(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 7/4 08:59:20
          Who decides that? Does each person decide what each of - hokie VT - 7/4 09:04:14
               If the government says a hokie bird is fake and gay - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 7/4 09:06:40
                    What RIGHT is being denied? nm - hokie VT - 7/4 09:08:12
                         Someday you will figure this out and your whole world - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 7/4 09:10:49
                              I guess the question was too tough. You can't answer so - hokie VT - 7/4 09:13:17
                                   You're still my boy hokie bird(nm) - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 7/4 09:17:27
                                        That's comforting. nm - hokie VT - 7/4 09:21:26
                              i'm skeptical (nm) - SwampTiger MU - 7/4 09:13:02
     Yes, of course. (nm) - ummmm MU - 7/4 08:58:57




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