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To: Jacquerie

Where did I deny anyone the right to frame their own government? I only contest your claim of certainty that a particular process will produce a good result.

I can also think of numerous times when people have supported governments that made them slaves, including the mobs of the Roman Republic cheering Caesar, the Weimar Republic appointing Hitler Chancellor, and the colony of Brazil anointing Dom Pedro I emperor. That is three of many that turned to monarchs and dictators to “amend” their governments. We were blessed, not lucky that we had good Christian people framing our government.

You are supposing that similar good people will assemble for an Article V convention. Where they come from, how they are elected, or appointed, we don’t know but you are sure these will be good people. And they will all rise to the occasion - health care for all, eliminate starvation, end cruelty to animals, abolish fire arms - and they will think they are good people, perhaps even better than our founders.

If we were a country that had just emerged from oppression and bondage, I would agree good people that cherish liberty and justice could be found. No, the people that will attend your convention will cherish their security and vanity more and work harder than ever to make a name for themselves. The fires of struggle that temper a good people burned out long ago. It is only the will of force that will preserve a corrupted republic, for better or worse.

So yes, it is your God given right to support an Article V convention, and it is my God given right to question its wisdom and oppose it if I find the wisdom lacking.


59 posted on 07/09/2015 12:31:11 PM PDT by trubolotta
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To: trubolotta

I disagree with the entirety of your post, including the history you confuse, all of it.

What then in your opinion is the remedy to our head first dive into tyranny?


61 posted on 07/09/2015 1:04:10 PM PDT by Jacquerie ( Article V before we can't.)
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