Ed-agree 110%. But could there be a "typo" in your missile herein? Perhaps you mean the First Amendment.
You are truly a FOX...now I know that somebody actually reads my drivel...and, yes, First Amendment is correct.
But why does the First Amendment co-mingle the separation of church and state with the freedom of the press?
This is answered in my new book in the context of no book about hunting or shooting being published in the colonies until the British troops were leaving in 1783, and the reputed first book on fishing (ca. 1739) actually being a Cotton Mather-type religious sermon. The colonial Church and Secular censors allowed no printing of material discussing "diversions." The church leaders wanted to squelch recreation for fear that church-goers might enjoy having fun on the sabbath (still can't hunt on Sundays in Virginia). And the civil officials thought there was too much work to be done on Monday through Saturday to allow any screwing off. Thus the "Unholy Alliance" of the church and secular censors led to and was dealt with in a single First Amendment.
We can be thankful that the First Amendment effectively put an end to officious officials preemptively putting the kabosh on websites such as this...but now within the First-Amendment-Protected website itself another evil of quibbling censorship rears its ugly head.
So let's hear it: The information I posted above states that colonial officials of the church and state prohibited the publication of books and pamphlets about guns and hunting in general, which would include, to a certain extent, fowling pieces, some of which had two barrels.
Query: Does this qualify as a proper double-gun topic to slip past the censors? Have I ruffled feathers? Disturbed tender sensibilities?
Can I post such a thing on the "Sabbath?" (Sunday?)
What about Seventh Day Adventists and Jews who do their thing on Saturday?
If Dick Cheney had dusted his hunting pard with a SxS, could we, under the new PC rules discuss it here? But what if he used a splatter-matic?
So to avoid the sharp angle, lawyer that I am, I have crafted a publishing license after the fashion of the religious and secular licenses which were printed as front matter in the 1718 Portuguese book--
The Perfect Gun--which I cited above:
Censor's License:
After reading the proposed post to a new or existing thread of the doublegunshop.com Forum I/We can see nothing that might offend faith or morality nor is there anything against the laws or regulations, and by subscribing this permission to the proposed posting it shall be considered to have the blessing and approval of the powers that have the say-so as to that which is pure in thought and content, and is well calculated not to burn the eyes of those who crave the straight and narrow path to enlightenment. Subscribed this ___ day of ___, 2008 by the Webmaster himself, or his duly authorized Jive Jobber. Henceforth I suggest that all proposed posts (1) be sent first to the censor to be screened for purity of content and threshold relevance; (2) Any necessary changes or deletions could be e-mailed to the potential poster; (3) Corrections made and re-submitted; (4) Final draft as approved and Censor's License attached (the censors License could have a cookie enabling posting). Simple! We will be protected. EDM
