Reply #24: That issue is the heart of the matter [View All]

[sweetheart]

The rationalizations are lace curtains on "might makes right". There
is no logic in international nuclear matters. Terrorists who have them
cannot be dissuaded on their source of power. If the constitution says
that it is the right of the state to keep nukes, then surely it means
that all states have that right, considerng reciprocity and precedent
in international legal thinking.

So iran has the right to bear arms. North Korea has the rights to bear
arms... but that logic is the same for any entity, truth be told, why
should not Brad Pitt have his own nuclear arms too. If north korea is
the empire of 1 man, then why should kim jong il have any more rights
than you? Then, it turns out, perhaps what the framers intended,
that the right to bear arms is universal for all individuals and states.

But rahter, we hear a load of twisted illogic that suggests the rule
of force and patriarchal power... that the only people with rights to
WMD's are those who are most brutal, those who have "used!!" them on
civilians... clearly establishing their lack of qualification.