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A load of propoganda, By
This review is from: The Constitution of the United States (Paperback)
Worst purchase so far. Gets my first (and hopefully only) review.
#1, Its NOT pocket sized despite being called "pocket constitution"
#2. Its NOT the constitution, but the constitution plus a load of propaganda. Just give me the document our wise forefathers wrote, not a bunch of excess quotes and jargon to convince me they were right.
#3. Spelling errors and grammatical mistakes throughout
#4. At the end is a place to "sign your pledge to the constitution" - Aside from this being complete nonsense, as our rights are inherent regardless of our pledge, they had the gall to put "George Washington, Witness" below where you sign. Like it matters at all to have a witness, and like it is more authoritative with a disrespectful use of Washington's persona. See what I mean about these people being propagandists rather than simply sharing the constitution? What a waste of money.
#1, Its NOT pocket sized despite being called "pocket constitution"
#2. Its NOT the constitution, but the constitution plus a load of propaganda. Just give me the document our wise forefathers wrote, not a bunch of excess quotes and jargon to convince me they were right.
#3. Spelling errors and grammatical mistakes throughout
#4. At the end is a place to "sign your pledge to the constitution" - Aside from this being complete nonsense, as our rights are inherent regardless of our pledge, they had the gall to put "George Washington, Witness" below where you sign. Like it matters at all to have a witness, and like it is more authoritative with a disrespectful use of Washington's persona. See what I mean about these people being propagandists rather than simply sharing the constitution? What a waste of money.
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Aug 1, 2016, 10:49:49 PM PDT
Clive says:
ACLU is giving a free one away, without all the dishonest annotations.
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Aug 19, 2016, 2:56:10 PM PDT
Chris S. says:
BrandinaB is not perceiving reality accurately. My order of 12 copies arrived today and I am holding it in my hand.
1. It is 3.25" wide and 6.5" tall. I guess it's a matter of opinion, but I call that pocket size.
2. It IS the Constitution, and amendments, and the Declaration of Independence. It contains no propaganda unless you consider a collection of quotes by the founding fathers propaganda. Its other contents are an index and a list of key dates. There are only two short pieces of commentary, one about the Presidential oath of office, the other about Constitution Day and Constitution Week. Their only political content is the gentle hope that this book will renew interest in studying the Constitution.
3. There are no spelling or grammatical errors, unless BrandinaB thinks that words written 250 years ago should exactly follow today's spelling and grammar. Everything, modern and Colonial, is correctly spelled and phrased for the time it was written.
4. The "place to sign your pledge" is on the back cover. It says, "With the original Signers, I, as one of We, the People of the United States, affirm that I have read or will read our U.S. Constitution and pledge to maintain and promote its standard of liberty for myself and for my posterity, and do hereby attest to that by my signature." Judge for yourself whether you agree with BrandinaB's characterization. I call it a friendly invitation to personalize the book and a gentle reminder to the reader to actually read it. I do not call it propaganda.
1. It is 3.25" wide and 6.5" tall. I guess it's a matter of opinion, but I call that pocket size.
2. It IS the Constitution, and amendments, and the Declaration of Independence. It contains no propaganda unless you consider a collection of quotes by the founding fathers propaganda. Its other contents are an index and a list of key dates. There are only two short pieces of commentary, one about the Presidential oath of office, the other about Constitution Day and Constitution Week. Their only political content is the gentle hope that this book will renew interest in studying the Constitution.
3. There are no spelling or grammatical errors, unless BrandinaB thinks that words written 250 years ago should exactly follow today's spelling and grammar. Everything, modern and Colonial, is correctly spelled and phrased for the time it was written.
4. The "place to sign your pledge" is on the back cover. It says, "With the original Signers, I, as one of We, the People of the United States, affirm that I have read or will read our U.S. Constitution and pledge to maintain and promote its standard of liberty for myself and for my posterity, and do hereby attest to that by my signature." Judge for yourself whether you agree with BrandinaB's characterization. I call it a friendly invitation to personalize the book and a gentle reminder to the reader to actually read it. I do not call it propaganda.
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Chris S. says:
You have an extraordinarily low standard for "dishonest annotation." The only annotations to the text of the Constitution, amendments, and Declaration of Independence are dates of ratification and publication, and noting sections of the original Constitution that have been superseded by amendments. There is a collection of quotes from the founding pieces, an index, a list of key dates, and two mild articles about the Presidential oath of office, and Constitution Day and Constitution Week. If you want to call all of that dishonest annotations ... go right ahead.
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