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  • #31
    Originally posted by Moliere View Post
    Does anyone else have an issue with the fact that an extermination order was issued against the Mormons (or any sect for that matter). Seems like a complete trashing of constitutional rights.

    The ACLU wasn't around yet. They would have had a hay day. Plenty of what we would call unconstitutional was fine back then. Not only the slave issue as has been discussed in this thread, but look at women's rights and what they could and couldn't do. Workers rights were not recognized. It is almost like there was a different constitution back then compared to what we have now.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Rickomatic View Post
      The ACLU wasn't around yet. They would have had a hay day. Plenty of what we would call unconstitutional was fine back then. Not only the slave issue as has been discussed in this thread, but look at women's rights and what they could and couldn't do. Workers rights were not recognized. It is almost like there was a different constitution back then compared to what we have now.
      No, it was all the activist, democrat judges...
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      • #33
        Originally posted by atheistcougar View Post
        No, it was all the activist, democrat judges...
        You say that like it is bad. The US is a much better place to live now compared to back in the mid 1800s.

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        • #34
          Originally posted by Rickomatic View Post
          The ACLU wasn't around yet. They would have had a hay day. Plenty of what we would call unconstitutional was fine back then. Not only the slave issue as has been discussed in this thread, but look at women's rights and what they could and couldn't do. Workers rights were not recognized. It is almost like there was a different constitution back then compared to what we have now.
          It really was different then. The 14th amendment didn't exist and so the Bill of Rights was thought to apply only to Congress. [Edit: That's off the top of my head. It's been a long time since Con Law. ]
          Last edited by LA Ute; 10-28-2011, 11:59 AM.
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          • #35
            Originally posted by Rickomatic View Post
            You say that like it is bad. The US is a much better place to live now compared to back in the mid 1800s.
            I know.

            I was poking fun at the idiotic talk from the right of activist judges destroying the constitution.
            Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
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            Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
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            • #36
              Originally posted by atheistcougar View Post
              I know.

              I was poking fun at the idiotic talk from the right of activist judges destroying the constitution.
              You will read that sentiment from exceptionally few people on this site. Your joke falls flat in this discussion, but feel free to post something about the topic if you wish.

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              • #37
                Originally posted by NorthwestUteFan View Post
                You will read that sentiment from exceptionally few people on this site. Your joke falls flat in this discussion, but feel free to post something about the topic if you wish.
                Glad to hear it, and I have.
                Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
                - Howard Aiken

                Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
                - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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                • #38
                  Originally posted by Joe Public View Post
                  If I remember correctly, Lee's Summit has a very good public school system.
                  It does, not as good as Blue Springs, though. (Full disclosure: I graduated from Blue Springs HS). In all seriousness, both BS and LS have great public schools, some of the best in the state (BS is #1 and LS is #3, IIRC).
                  Don't worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you'll have to ram them down people's throats.
                  - Howard Aiken

                  Any sufficiently complicated platform contains an ad hoc, informally-specified, bug-ridden, slow implementation of half of a functional programming language.
                  - Variation on Greenspun's Tenth Rule

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