sci.energy.hydrogen

Stuart Grey wrote:
> On Tue, 02 Oct 2007 22:30:33 -0400, Paul Thomas wrote:
>
>> "Richard Macdonald" wrote
>>> One key word people forget in the 1st Amendment is "peacable" excersing
>>> your free speach in a manner to disturb and disrupt others activities
>>> is not peacable.
>>
>>
>> They also fail to recognize the meaning of "well regulated Militia" in
>> the 2nd, in that "regulated" means rules and order, not the "regulated"
>> they get when eating a high fiber diet.
>
> No, regulated means "well running".

"Well regulated" means organized and trained. Sheesh. The main body of
the Constitution details who has the responsibility for organizing and
training.

> It was a government euphemism; the petty rules made by the government were
> meant to make things "well running", thus were "regulations". Traffic
> regulations were passed to make traffic regular, or well running.
>
> Government euphemisms are popular, sort of like how welfare came to mean
> "government dole" or "Government charity".
>
> Hopefully, one day "free speech" will mean "hanging idiots and liars who
> pervert the Constitution of the United States in order to destroy it or
> unconstitutionally change it".

Speaking of which [irony alert], what size neck do you sport, sport?

Dan