Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]FWIW when these fellows wrote these thoughts the populations were: Philadelphia 44.1 K New York 33.1 K Boston 18.3 K Charleston 16.4 K Salem, MA 13.6 K Baltimore 13.5 K Newport, RI 6.7 K <http://www.peakbagger.com/pbgeog/histmetropop.aspx> a bit of a different world today Fond regards, George george@imagist.com http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist On Nov 29, 2008, at 8:44 PM, Philip Forrest wrote: > "...and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more > disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right > themselves > by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long > train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object > evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their > right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide > new Guards for their future security." > > The men who wrote this were also those who had a hand in writing > the US > Constitution. The 2nd Amendment is there for the defense of our homes > and a well regulated militia, yes, but as the framers wrote it, they > were thinking not of attack from the British at all. The 2nd Amendment > is our "reset button" for the United States. > Phil Forrest > Who gets teary-eyed every time he reads the Declaration of > Independence. It's such a good piece of writing. > > I'll stop clogging up the list now. > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information