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Originally posted by ViperChili
Originally posted by HolgerTheDane
Well I beg to differ.
A well regulated militia is formed by citizen who, when part of the militia, has every right to keep and bear arms.
All the text says is that there must be a militia and that any free man can be part of it and then have the right to bear arms.
Wrong again.
"I ask, who are the militia? They consist of now of the whole people, except a few public officers. - George Mason, Founding Father"
You seem to enjoy adding words to established historical fact. The 2nd Amendment says nothing about the need to be in the militia in order to keep and bear arms. The people were the militia. Plain and simple.
"The great object is that every man be armed - Patrick Henry
Are you implying, as a Dane, that you know the Constitution better than 2 of Americas founding fathers?
Any text can be refuted by learned people and people who have an agenda.
You are just standing on the shoulders on those who agree with you.
You choose to ignore historical fact, because you have an agenda.
Well - we might be heavily taxed, but that is partly because we don't have to have health insurance. When we get ill or have an accident it is all paid for.
Also we have very few toll roads. It's all paid for.
We enter an old peoples home absolutely gratis. It's all paid for.
We get a state pension. It's all paid for.
All paid for by other people. I'm sure Denmark is paradise for the parasites who refuse to provide for themselves.
Perhaps if the citizens of Denmark were armed (like all free people should be), the Danes would have lasted longer than 2 hours when Hitler decided to invade. Instead, they relied on other people with guns to liberate them.
It seems it is a Danish tradition to not do for yourself and instead rely on others.
Guns don't kill people. People do. Bah Humbug.
It is so much easier with a gun isn't it?
Actually its easier with a car.
A gun is designed to kill. People buy a mere object that is designed to kill. It's probably that.
Are you ever correct about anything? A gun has but one purpose: To fire a projectile.
Where that projectile goes is determined entirely by the human operator.
My guns have never killed anyone. Are they defective?
Originally posted by ViperChili
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Are you implying, as a Dane, that you know the Constitution better than 2 of Americas founding fathers?
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I'm sure Denmark is paradise for the parasites who refuse to provide for themselves.
Perhaps if the citizens of Denmark were armed (like all free people should be), the Danes would have lasted longer than 2 hours when Hitler decided to invade. Instead, they relied on other people with guns to liberate them.
It seems it is a Danish tradition to not do for yourself and instead rely on others.
Originally posted by VariableConstant
Vomit-worthy quote of the day (courtesy of WRH):
"Freedom is about authority. Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do." -- NYC Mayor Rudolph Giuliani
Originally posted by lostanima
I'd like to point out that there has never been any REAL opposition to the government (we can't do that, or we are terrorists!); even this tea party bull# is not even grassroots: IT'S FUNDED BY OIL BILLIONAIRES.
Originally posted by Anon404
I want to add a separate post that's more concrete. Here are the areas that I feel the US needs the most work:
Criminal defense. Fact over 90% of all criminals in the US never see trial. While the US states pump tons of money to prosecutors public defenders get hardly any attention. Many public defenders don't even know who their clients are since the state overloads them with so many so they tell most to just plea bargain...
Housing. US housing has become too high. Buying a home should not cost much more than a years wage. These prices also trickle down to those who pay rent. Soon homelessness will be rife if these prices cannot fall. Homes should be homes not money market speculative investments.
Corporatism. Corporations have far too much power. I do not mean the small corp. I am talking the multi million corporations. These entities strangle small businesses, pervert political discourse, and move our jobs overseas while minimizing job growth domestically.
Finally using the tax code to effect policy. While I do not believe in a flat tax per se, a simple progressive taxation % on net income needs to be established so we can know how much everyone pays in taxes.
Originally posted by Baddogma
reply to post by neo96
And we recently were arguing over dismanteling unions...?? Really?
Originally posted by lost artistic
And i should know. I live in a country you call socialistic but its still the greatest country to live in. Not said by us, but by the world! We pay 25 % tax to food and i pay 33% in income tax.The Gasoline cost around 9 dollar per gallon!! But we have healthcare. REAL healthcare. And we all have a roof on 470 dollars we pay for the doctor in total before we get a free card wich means we don't have to pay for doctor, perscription (Blue Perscription pills like Asthma related and ssri) or the shrink.
This system works and i know its badly comparable to your country since my coyntry is smaller than Texas. But you have the ability if you just let the taxes grow. Then your income will to and the country thereafter. EASY
Originally posted by TiberianPurifier
everyone knows obama sucks ..... he is the reason millions in US as well as all over the world lost jobs ...... and yet he won a peace prize !!! and that bush just wanted oil so he invaded the gulf
Originally posted by HolgerTheDane
No I'm not. I'm stating a fact that just because it is part of an old historical document it doesn't have to be right. Times have changed. In your society guns seem to be more important than compassion.
...but know also that many of the people who don't pay for themselves are out of work because of the greed of multinational companies who are more than happy to have a branch in Denmark where they can "run in the red" and then use that as a reason for not paying taxes in Denmark, because they pay back on loans from their investors who for some odd reason demand huge interest rates - way beyond normal intrest rates.
Same companies sell their products in Denmark but have their goods produced in countries where they don't have to pay so high wages.
And for some odd reason the majority of those companies are part of American companies.
But most of us are happy with the system because we get medical care even if we are unemployed and can't afford an insurrance like you have in America. And we don't get a bill if we are transported by ambulance.