Dr Pournelle, Revolution & Rights The Revolution wasn about “the rights of man” but “the rights of free Englishmen”; a somewhat different thing. Did anyone ever explain this distinction to Thomas Paine, I wonder?
No; but then Paine wasn’t at the Convention of 1787. There had been revolutions before and after, and many tracts were written during them. Paine’s words fitted well in the French affair that began in 1789 and sort of ended with the Coronation of Napoleon I, but the Framers in 1787 had different ideas. We have a holiday today honoring the Reverend Martin Luther King for, among other things, practicing civil disobedience to make the moral point that all of us are *EQUAL* under God and the law should treat us as such. The bar monopoly and legal system are punishing Judge Roy Moore for, among other things, practicing civil disobedience to make the moral point that all of us are equal *UNDER GOD* and the law should remember that fact. Joseph Story and John Marshall are rolling over in their graves. Steve Setzer indeed All you Need to Know about Government and Bureaucracy: ** Pythagorean theorem: ……………………….. 24 words. ** Lord’s prayer: …………………………….. 6
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