[Vision2020] Huh?

[Paul Rumelhart]

While the attempted disarmament of the colonials was not mentioned in the Declaration of Independence, it was specifically addressed where it matters, in the Bill of Rights.  I suspect they didn't write off the attempted disarmament at Concord as a tax-related problem, which is why they specifically addressed it in the second amendment in an effort to ensure that down the road the U.S. government wasn't able to disarm it's populace like the British tried to do.

Look, do you deny that the British were trying to take the arms (they thought were still) cached at Concord, and that this attempt led directly to the Battle at Lexington and Concord, which converted the entire problem into one of war rather than just unrest?

Paul




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 From: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
To: Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Nicholas Gier <ngier006 at gmail.com>; Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com> 
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:03 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Huh?
 


Paul Rumelhart suggests:

"It's almost as if it is complicated enough that pinning the cause of the war on any one factor alone is too limiting of a viewpoint."

That's probably why TJ (Thomas Jefferson) and his buds went into excruciating detail when they authored the Declaration of Independence, which is probably why they overlooked bearing arms and eating British food (Carl Westberg's expressed dissatisfaction).

Although, to some negligible degree, I can see the Brits denying the right to bear arms.  I mean . . .

Look at their military tactics back then.  Wearing bright red, white, and blue uniforms . . . in the middle of heavily wooded terrain . . . they find a wide-open piece of ground.  Instead of hiding behind trees, they rally in the middle of the field in a kneeling platoon formation.  

Recruiting must have been a MAJOR challenge for the Brits.  


Seeya round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
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Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

"There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill 
If you want to be like the folks on the hill."

- John Lennon

 

On Apr 20, 2013, at 4:29 PM, Paul Rumelhart <godshatter at yahoo.com> wrote:


It's almost as if it is complicated enough that pinning the cause of the war on any one factor alone is too limiting of a viewpoint.
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