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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:28 PM
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Who are "We, the People...?"
Please let me know your ideas of what constitutes the citizenry of the United States of America.
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Beelzebud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:30 PM
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1. Well the supreme court, in the 70's, ruled a corporation was a "person".
A "person" that is not subject to punishment in the form of jail time for any murders they might commit.

A "person" that will never grow old or die.

A "person" that can get around paying taxes by "living" in two different places.

A "person" with unlimited amounts of money to bribe polticians with.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:31 PM
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2. Human beings
who are living here and are planning to stay are, as far as I am concerned, Americans.
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:38 PM
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3. Pretty sure Microsoft is one of the few U.S. citizens (as opposed to
Edited on Wed Jun-21-06 01:38 PM by valerief
carbon-based U.S. cannon fodder).

edited to add missing word
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:44 PM
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4. The vast majority
Edited on Wed Jun-21-06 01:47 PM by stellanoir
which has been gradually but undisputably mimimized.

We no longer have a democracy nor do we have a representative legislature.

It's a pity really.

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Tierra_y_Libertad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:52 PM
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5. Whoever the bosses say we are.
Even in the beginning of the great experiment of "democracy", "We the People" consisted of white males. Now, it consists of rich white males - with some rich women and rich minorities for show.
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-21-06 01:59 PM
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6. I'm not sure who are "we, the people"
but I'm pretty sure that when that document was written, I as a female was not considered one of them. Neither were black people, or native americans or anyone else who wasn't a white male.
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