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If "by force" was only meant to qualify "destroy" it is redundant and pointless. I for one have ever seen a peaceful destruction.
You are correct that there are three ways to break this law, but you get two of them wrong. They are:
1. Conspire to overthrow by force.
2. Conspire to put down by force.
3. Conspire to destroy by force
It is not seditious to conspire to overthrow the government through the mechanism outlines in the Constitution for doing so.
The law even stresses "by force" more than once.
That's not what it means. It means what I said. It is ILLEGAL to simply conspire the overthrow in ANY WAY. Again, meaning changing from Representative Republic to Democracy.
I see what the lefties are doing here. They are trying to be wordsmiths. I am not talking about changing PEOPLE! I'm talking about changing our FORM of government from a representative republic to full blown pure democracy. DUH!
if you want different answers you should ask different questions. I for one, however, feel the discussion has turned out to be a good one.
It is one of the handful of key features that has made our form of government so successful and the model on which scores of other Constitutions were later written... the peaceful transfer of power between opposing political factions.
This is what makes us special... we can overthrow our government without bloodshed, violence and anarchy descending on burning cities.
That's not what it means. It means what I said. It is ILLEGAL to simply conspire the overthrow in ANY WAY. Again, meaning changing from Representative Republic to Democracy.
No... it does not.
Such an interpretation would make it illegal to hold a political convention or for Congress to debate a Constitutional amendment.
I see what the lefties are doing here. They are trying to be wordsmiths. I am not talking about changing PEOPLE! I'm talking about changing our FORM of government from a representative republic to full blown pure democracy. DUH!
If "by force" was only meant to qualify "destroy" it is redundant and pointless. I for one have ever seen a peaceful destruction.
You are correct that there are three ways to break this law, but you get two of them wrong. They are:
1. Conspire to overthrow by force.
2. Conspire to put down by force.
3. Conspire to destroy by force
It is not seditious to conspire to overthrow the government through the mechanism outlines in the Constitution for doing so.
The law even stresses "by force" more than once.
You know what? Let's say you are right, which you are not, any conspiring to do this would involve using force anyway because it's the only way it can be done. You can't vote to end the Republic. Gathering protestors is a show of force. Any way it can be done has to involve force. But I still don't think you are reading it right anyway.
You know what? Let's say you are right, which you are not, any conspiring to do this would involve using force anyway because it's the only way it can be done.
Nonsense.
Conspire to elect a government that will then amend the Constitution.
if you want different answers you should ask different questions. I for one, however, feel the discussion has turned out to be a good one.
It is one of the handful of key features that has made our form of government so successful and the model on which scores of other Constitutions were later written... the peaceful transfer of power between opposing political factions.
This is what makes us special... we can overthrow our government without bloodshed, violence and anarchy descending on burning cities.
It is what helps makes us great.
Don't be ignorant and play dumb. That is not what this thread is about and you know it.
Don't be ignorant and play dumb. That is not what this thread is about and you know it.
Like I said... if you wanted a different answer, you should have asked a different question.
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