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The incrementalism by which they chip away at the phrase "shall not be infringed" could be illustrated in this way:
Say a neighbor decides to build a house on the property next to yours. He builds the house with the back end of it just on your side of the property line, claiming that it's only over the line by just a little bit. Later, he starts building a swimming pool behind the house, still further past the property line because, "it's only common sense that a house should have a pool". Later still, he builds a fence around the pool because it's a "common-sense swimming pool safety measure for the children".
On and on it goes, one excuse after another to take away one piece at a time until you have nothing left. Though you've already seen his published plans, where his house and gardens are all that's visible because what you had has been completely encroached upon, he completely denies that that is the goal.
Yet after each step is taken, he always needs "just a little bit more".
Feb 29, 2016, 3:28:19 PM
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