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Originally Posted by m21sniper
I just don't know that i agree. 18th Century Pirates (many of whom in the East were muslim) were absolutely as cold-blooded throat cutting killers in their day as terrorists are today. Hell, they defined the term.
The US constitution was written in a time rife with the recent and fresh memory of high piracy, so IMO, people like terrorists were certainly considered. And it was also written in the aftermath of the removal of a tyrannical yoke, so the Constitution WISELY erred on the side of limited governmental powers.
Whatever threat terrorists are, they pale in comparison to that of one's own gov't.
The founding fathers took all this into consideration, they were no dummies.
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Excellent, keep it coming!