Bill of NON-Rights (apparently written by a senator)
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
"We the sensible people of the United States, in an attempt to help everyone get along, restore some semblance of justice, avoid more riots, keep our nation safe, promote positive behavior, and secure the blessings of debt free liberty to ourselves and our great-great-great-grandchildren, hereby try one more time to ordain and establish some common sense guidelines for the terminally whiny. We hold these truths to be self evident: that a whole lot of people are confused by the Bill of Rights and are so dim they require a Bill of NON-Rights."
- ARTICLE I: You do not have the right to a new car, big screen TV, or any other form of wealth. More power to you if you can legally acquire them, but no one is guaranteeing anything.
- ARTICLE II: You do not have the right to never be offended. This country is based on freedom, and that means freedom for everyone -- not just you! You may leave the room, turn the channel, express a different opinion, etc.; but the world is full of idiots, and probably always will be.
- ARTICLE III: You do not have the right to be free from harm. If you stick a screwdriver in your eye, learn to be more careful, do not expect the tool manufacturer to make you and all your relatives independently wealthy.
- ARTICLE IV: You do not have the right to free food and housing. Americans are the most charitable people to be found, and will gladly help anyone in need, but we are quickly growing weary of subsidizing generation after generation of professional couch potatoes who achieve nothing more than the creation of another generation of professional couch potatoes.
- ARTICLE V: You do not have the right to free health care. That would be nice, but from the looks of public housing, we're just not interested in public health care.
- ARTICLE VI: You do not have the right to physically harm other people. If you kidnap, rape, intentionally maim, or kill someone, don't be surprised if the rest of us want to see you fry in the electric chair.
- ARTICLE VII: You do not have the right to the possessions of others. If you rob, cheat, or coerce away the goods or services of other citizens, don't be surprised if the rest of us get together and lock you away in a place where you still won't have the right to a big screen color TV or a life of leisure.
- ARTICLE VIII: You do not have the right to a job. All of us sure want you to have a job, and will gladly help you along in hard times, but we expect you to take advantage of the opportunities of education and vocational training laid before you to make yourself useful.
- ARTICLE IX: You do not have the right to happiness. Being an American means that you have the right to PURSUE happiness, which by the way, is a lot easier if you are unencumbered by an over abundance of idiotic laws created by those of you who were confused by the Bill of Rights.
- ARTICLE X: This is an English speaking country. We don't care where you are from, English is our language. Learn it or go back to wherever you came from!
- ARTICLE XI: You do not have the right to change our country's history or heritage. This country was founded on the belief in one true God. And yet, you are given the freedom to believe in any religion, any faith, or no faith at all; with no fear of persecution. The phrase IN GOD WE TRUST is part of our heritage and history, and if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!!!!
What do you think??
2 Comments:
At 7:27 PM, Dana Lee said…
When writing articles X and XI, this person seems to have forgotten that this country was inhabited by natives well before Columbus and other "founding fathers" came.
Instead of adopting the language, culture and religion of those original inhabitants, or going "back where they came from," the European settlers murdered and stole from the natives, enslaved them and raped their women.
Some may say the settlers won this land fair and square, but I disagree. They took hold of this land by decieving and killing very trusting peoples. Even Columbus, through his journals, tells how it was easy to trick the natives because they were so generous and trusting. (But not to kid myself--some of the tribes he and his men encountered were just as violent and warrior-like as the settlers.)
The "one true God" that this senator (?) speaks of would not have condoned this under any cicumstances.
We are the foreigners speaking a foreign language, worshipping a God foreign to the origninal inhabitants of this land. We exterminated their language and we don't recognize the religious mottos of of those natives, yet we insist that we keep our language and religious references they way we want them.
(So, we're allowed to barge in here and colonize with our language, our religion, and our cultire, but nobody else is?)
The person who wrote these "non-rights" ought to brush up on his or her American history--especially if s/he's a senator!
THAT's our American hertitage and history. As the senators oh-so-eloquently said, "if you are uncomfortable with it, TOUGH!"
These things from our history cannot be undone, and yes, we have grown into one of the most wonderful and free countries on the planet, but we cannot be fooled into thinking our heritage and history are perfect.
We should not worship our "heritage" and "founding fathers" like false gods, and we should learn from the mistakes of our predecessors how ignorance, arrogance, and the assumption that we know everything God wants, can impair our ability to discern wrong from right.
Stick that in your pipe and smoke it.
At 8:59 PM, Anonymous said…
that was great, I may steel some point from it for one of my posts.
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