"...that generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to you, but doesn't say what the federal government or state government must do on your behalf."I beg to differ with Mr. Negative (Obama), the Constitution is the world's greatest document for positive freedoms. Without the Constitution I would be unable to criticise Mr. Wonderful (Obama) and without the Constitution, Wilder Publications would be unable to print the following...aah, take that back, Wilder Publications does not need the Constitution, all they need is Obama! ~ Norman E. Hooben
© Wilder Publications 2008 - This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.The following from: SGP (Smart Girl Politics)
Muzzling the Constitution
I work in the psychiatric field, so very little shocks me. However, I was completely incredulous to learn of a publishing company putting a warning label on reprints of the Constitution and other historical documents. The disclaimer, by Wilder Publications, also appears on copies of its Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation and the Federalist Papers. It reads as follows:
“This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”
Excuse me, but since when are our founding documents so offensive that they need a disclaimer? If our core values have changed so drastically since our country was born, it’s certainly news to me. I have a few questions. What exactly are they suggesting that children need to be briefed about? Do our impressionable children need to be shielded from the dangerous concepts of limited government, free speech, individual liberty, personal responsibility and free markets? Where did Wilder Publications get the asinine idea that such a disclaimer was even necessary?
I consider myself fortunate not to have children in the public school system, because God only knows what they’d be learning. If I did have children, I certainly “might wish to discuss” with them the value of home schooling. There seems to be an enormous push in schools to apologize for America and accentuate the flaws in our history. However, the growing popularity of the highly patriotic Tea Parties demonstrates how out-of-touch such “revisionist history” has become. Sure, we’ve made mistakes, and our founding fathers had their share of flaws, to which many of them willingly admitted. This is the very reason they believed so strongly in the “Rule of Law” as opposed to the “Rule of Men.”
American Majority published a pamphlet entitled “Why America is Great,” where they write the following about our founders:
“They looked back and learned from history what worked and what didn’t. They understood the unflattering aspects of human nature, and instead of glossing over them, they confronted them and built safeguards against them. They built a new nation on principles that even they imperfectly understood and imperfectly applied. But they knew these principles were true and that they were worth fighting—and dying—for. Let us, also imperfect, follow their example… Let us not pin our hopes or try to build our future on the fads or “ologies” or even the movements of the moment, but instead upon the principles that have stood the test of time. The time has come to renew those principles in our nation—to learn to apply them in the age in which we now live.”
Amazon.com has gotten hundreds of negative reviews from customers regarding Wilder Publications’ disclaimers. I’m happy to see I’m in good company.
“This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.”
Excuse me, but since when are our founding documents so offensive that they need a disclaimer? If our core values have changed so drastically since our country was born, it’s certainly news to me. I have a few questions. What exactly are they suggesting that children need to be briefed about? Do our impressionable children need to be shielded from the dangerous concepts of limited government, free speech, individual liberty, personal responsibility and free markets? Where did Wilder Publications get the asinine idea that such a disclaimer was even necessary?
I consider myself fortunate not to have children in the public school system, because God only knows what they’d be learning. If I did have children, I certainly “might wish to discuss” with them the value of home schooling. There seems to be an enormous push in schools to apologize for America and accentuate the flaws in our history. However, the growing popularity of the highly patriotic Tea Parties demonstrates how out-of-touch such “revisionist history” has become. Sure, we’ve made mistakes, and our founding fathers had their share of flaws, to which many of them willingly admitted. This is the very reason they believed so strongly in the “Rule of Law” as opposed to the “Rule of Men.”
American Majority published a pamphlet entitled “Why America is Great,” where they write the following about our founders:
“They looked back and learned from history what worked and what didn’t. They understood the unflattering aspects of human nature, and instead of glossing over them, they confronted them and built safeguards against them. They built a new nation on principles that even they imperfectly understood and imperfectly applied. But they knew these principles were true and that they were worth fighting—and dying—for. Let us, also imperfect, follow their example… Let us not pin our hopes or try to build our future on the fads or “ologies” or even the movements of the moment, but instead upon the principles that have stood the test of time. The time has come to renew those principles in our nation—to learn to apply them in the age in which we now live.”
Amazon.com has gotten hundreds of negative reviews from customers regarding Wilder Publications’ disclaimers. I’m happy to see I’m in good company.
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