[r9etb]

barf

I'd be much more impressed with your emetic response if you'd provided some rational chunks to go along with your mindless bile.

[dasboot]

Been there, done that; no point. You'll come around, just as soon as you find out what the meaning of "is" is.

Williams is right; you're wrong.

[babyface00]

I do concur that the Constitution doesn't specifically permit secession, but neither does it state that the government it establishes is so perfect that it cannot be dissolved. Even with its modification mechanisms, I can't believe the founders didn't expect that it would last forever, or that, at some point, the interests of the various states wouldn't diverge sufficiently as to make the government that was established unworkable. In that event, it would be nice if it dissolved peacably, but realistically, how many political bands have dissolved without animosity?

Perhaps it was shortsighted, or optimistic of the founders not to include something specific about secession. More likely, in my opinion, is that they considered it self-evident that the right to secession existed, but that's just IMHO.