the Constitution now comes with a disclaimer

[copperhead]

seeing how its all old and outdated and stuff now

 

http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=25288

[2highpsi]

This is getting out of hand......

 

I bought my kids a DVD set of Tom and Jerry cartoons and at the beginning there was a 10 minute disclaimer from whoopie Goldberg! Seriously?? Tom and Jerry now requires a disclaimer? I feel bad for future generations.

[Dr. Pomade]

Who cares? It's outdated, so what. It's just a publisher's suggestion - which, ironically, is covered under the First Amendment.

[Mensan]

Why does he mention Obama?

[oh8sti]

the constitution does mentions somewhere that black people are 1/3 human or something like that. So it is a bit outdated. I dont think it needs a disclaimer though.

[Tripleskate]

the constitution does mentions somewhere that black people are 1/3 human or something like that. So it is a bit outdated. I dont think it needs a disclaimer though.

Not quite. Original colonial law-making in an attempt to appease Southern representatives, made it so that slaves (regardless of color) counted as 1/3 of vote. I.E. 3 slaves + 1 redneck = 2 votes. Or something like that. It's been a while since I've cracked open a history book.

[Dr. Pomade]

the constitution does mentions somewhere that black people are 1/3 human or something like that. So it is a bit outdated. I dont think it needs a disclaimer though.

 

So you're saying it's wrong but we shouldn't do anything about it? Halp me with the understandings.

[Scotty2Hotty]

It's like Mark Twain books. I hear some schools won't let kids read them because of the language present in the books. The Constitution is great the way it is, and I pray nobody tries to change that.

[oh8sti]

So you're saying it's wrong but we shouldn't do anything about it? Halp me with the understandings.

 

I dont need a disclaimer to know a black person is human. Thats all im saying.

[oh8sti]

Not quite. Original colonial law-making in an attempt to appease Southern representatives, made it so that slaves (regardless of color) counted as 1/3 of vote. I.E. 3 slaves + 1 redneck = 2 votes. Or something like that. It's been a while since I've cracked open a history book.

 

its been a while for me too, but i knew it was something along those lines. Pretty ridiculous.

[Dave1647545494]

Not quite. Original colonial law-making in an attempt to appease Southern representatives, made it so that slaves (regardless of color) counted as 1/3 of vote. I.E. 3 slaves + 1 redneck = 2 votes. Or something like that. It's been a while since I've cracked open a history book.

 

and there have been several admendments since then that have addressed that point

[Tripleskate]

and there have been several admendments since then that have addressed that point

I would certainly hope so, since Slavery is illegal in this country.

[greg1647545532]

Oh my fucking god. It's 3/5ths. It was the 3/5ths compromise. Black people count as 3/5ths of a person. You all learned this shit in school.

 

 

You know, my initial reaction was, "Clearly this publisher just makes money by printing shit that's in the public domain, and a lot of stuff in the public domain really does have outdated morals, so the disclaimer kinda makes sense. Also, they're too lazy to look at what they're publishing before adding that disclaimer, because, hey, it's the constitution, right?"

 

But then Renob reminded us that the constitution does apply, what with its outdated morals, so... yeah, not a bad move.

 

Although I'm still not sure why the blogger thinks that Obama is now somehow involved in book publishing.