http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/11/it_aint_that_hard.html defending our rights from the ramparts Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/11/it_aint_that_hard.html#comment-664 Linoge Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:38:55 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=466#comment-664 Indeed. As the quote goes, "The punctuation that emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was consistent in just two respects: it was prolific and often chaotic." The ratified version had one comma, the Library of Congress version has one comma, the National Archives version has three commas... And, unfortunately, you are quite correct - this flagrant punctuation only serves to provide wiggle-room to those who are interested in divesting us of our rights. Indeed. As the quote goes, “The punctuation that emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was consistent in just two respects: it was prolific and often chaotic.” The ratified version had one comma, the Library of Congress version has one comma, the National Archives version has three commas… And, unfortunately, you are quite correct – this flagrant punctuation only serves to provide wiggle-room to those who are interested in divesting us of our rights.

]]> http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2007/11/it_aint_that_hard.html#comment-663 dirtcrashr Sat, 24 Nov 2007 16:40:10 +0000 http://www.wallsofthecity.net/?p=466#comment-663 Actually some say there should only be one comma in that: "[a] well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." -- that is, apparently copies distributed to the states and ratified by them had different capitalization and punctuation. All those damn commas screw things up and allow lawyers and politicians wiggle-room. Actually some say there should only be one comma in that: “[a] well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” — that is, apparently copies distributed to the states and ratified by them had different capitalization and punctuation. All those damn commas screw things up and allow lawyers and politicians wiggle-room.

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