Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Washing dirty linen in public

"The convention which framed the Constitution of the United States was composed of fifty-five members. A majority were lawyers not one farmer, mechanic or laborer. Forty owned Revolutionary Scrip. Fourteen were land speculators. Twenty-four were money-lenders. Eleven were merchants. Fifteen were slave-holders. They made a Constitution to protect the rights of property and not the rights of man": Senator Richard Pettigrew - Triumphant Plutocracy (1922)

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Unknown said...

"Washing dirty linen in public
"The convention which framed the Constitution of the United States was composed of fifty-five members. A majority were lawyers not one farmer, mechanic or laborer. Forty owned Revolutionary Scrip. Fourteen were land speculators. Twenty-four were money-lenders. Eleven were merchants. Fifteen were slave-holders. They made a Constitution to protect the rights of property and not the rights of man": Senator Richard Pettigrew - Triumphant Plutocracy (1922) "


What so surprising??

Honestly i dont see an issue with that

given it was adopted all the way back in the 1700s, IF i i was a lord of some sort at that time, the first thought in my mind would surely as well to take advantage of MY higher position. Well, to be fair to me, anyone and everyone in my position would have.

But coming from 21st century point of view, it validates exactly what i ALREADY understand of Law.

It was conjured primarily to serve a 'greater' purpose than the daily folks who needs it precisely

Then the next series of deduction is obvious.

If you need legal aid, dont be a daily folk.

If you are a daily folk, dont expect legal aid.

Simple!

December 03, 2008 10:57 AM
NagyGa1 said...

Farmers / mechanics and laborers could hardly write at that time, let alone formalizing their intentions in properly written documents, not even thinking on a constitution.

So I think it is pretty moronic to bring it up that way.

December 03, 2008 1:02 PM
Anonymous said...

This sounds like the Thai PAD are demanding...the ordinary folks or farmers have no right to the affair of the nation.This is called selective suffrage. ...Then we will hear of demo slogan like ..."no tax without representation".

December 03, 2008 1:08 PM
Unknown said...

"Blogger NagyGa1 said...

Farmers / mechanics and laborers could hardly write at that time, let alone formalizing their intentions in properly written documents, not even thinking on a constitution.

So I think it is pretty moronic to bring it up that way.

1:02 PM"


Are you saying that if someone deliberately outcast your education and not teach how to write Democracy, then you DONT know you are bullied?

Sad, we'd know who is the moron that way.

December 03, 2008 7:23 PM

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