07-28-2004, 09:44
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Buckingham, Pa.
Posts: 1,746
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That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; 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.
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You might want to read the Declaration of Independence every now and then. It is quite clear from the text and the historical context that our founding fathers supported the idea of overthrowning tyrranical governments via force. It isn't hard to envision a country in the near future where our individual rights are determined by the government and in that case we will have to revisit the writings of our forefathers.
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