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Originally Posted by MrChip72
I'll probably never understand why some people have a fascination with following and being so against changing laws made up by people that died over 150 years ago.
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The short answer is our Founding Fathers and their ancestors lived through terrible hardships and injustices done by the British Empire.
They were heavily taxed.
They were forced to house British soldiers. That means the government forced you to give up your bedroom, feed the soldier, clean his clothes, etc. and you had no choice. That government would send people to your home with no warrant and search your house just on their impulse.
They could be arrested on the street without a warrant and searched without probable cause.
They were not judged by a jury of their peers but a magistrate who may or may not allow you to speak on your behalf.
The list goes on. The 55 delegates who wrote our Constitution were far more educated than we are today. They studied every form of government mankind had ever produced and attempted to design a government that would not end in tyranny over the people. They valued individual Rights and sought to protect them. The result is our Constitutional Republic, an experiment that had never been done before.
As Benjamin Franklin said when asked "Doctor Franklin, what kind of government will we have?". His response, "A Republic if you can keep it.".
For those of us who study the Constitution and watch what is going on in our country there is great concern that Franklin's warning is coming to pass. I am hugely concerned the average American has little to no knowledge of our Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights. The things I read from people in forums seems indicative of that.
We are a nation of laws. The Supreme law of the land is the Constitution. It should not be taken lightly nor ignored as "it's old". We need to educate the masses once again so the wrongs of the past are not repeated. If we allow Mob Rule to overtake Minority Rights we will lose our Freedom and it will take another Revolution to get it back.