[Foundation-l] Re-licensing

[Anthony]

On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 3:46 PM, Mike Godwin <mnemonic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ray Saintonge writes
>
> >
> > > Trying to cite the Declaration of Independence as the basis for your
> > > legal defense in a criminal case -- "Hey, I was just exercising my
> > > right to resist a bad king!"  -- is a good way to guarantee going to
> > > jail.
> > >
> > >
> >
> > So much for the right to bear arms!  :-)
>
>
> Oh, the Second Amendment can be invoked, sometimes even successfully, these
> days. But remember that's in the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.
> Anthony
> was citing the Declaration of Independence, incorrectly, as the basis of
> the
> American legal system. Actually, the Constitution is the basis for that.
>

Since the moderators don't want us engaging in this discussion I'll keep my
response short.  You are misrepresenting what I said.