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points by 15155 1 day ago | 0 comments
> The reality of pre-industrial America circa the writing of the Constitution, which we have decided defines the limit of interpreting the language in that document. ... Non-physical goods didn't exist back then

Did insurance markets and stock markets not exist back then? The Dutch East India Company is almost 200 years older than the United States.

[–] krapp 1 day ago
Insurance and stocks were not subject to the Interstate Commerce clause until the 19th and 20th century, and the Dutch East India company dealt in physical goods, which is what I was talking about.

Why the fuck can't you read?

[–] 15155 1 day ago
The Dutch East India Company's ownership was traded internationally... on a stock market. "Non-physical goods didn't exist back then"

> Why the fuck can't you read?

I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.) Why the fuck can't you read? Perhaps you should volunteer to be on the door-to-door confiscation squads.

[–] krapp 1 day ago
>I'm not the one throwing "well-regulated militia" out as a serious argument (as if prefatory clauses somehow change the remainder of a sentence.)

Take it up with the Supreme Court then.

[–] 15155 1 day ago
I'll keep machining away, good luck with your facially-incorrect theories!