A
judge in Great Britain has ruled that it’s okay to put Rapier missiles on top
of some apartments, to provide security for the upcoming London Olympics. For some reason, the people who live there
don’t like the idea.
Photo by Nirazul
They
even included a handy-dandy map showing the locations, in case you’re a
terrorist and would like to bomb the above-mentioned flats.
How
can this happen? For my American
readers, keep in mind they have never had our Third Amendment:
No Soldier
shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the
Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.
It
would be no good arguing here that these are weapons, not troops. Soldiers have to operate these things, and on this
side of the pond it wouldn’t pass the smell test to say we’re just storing our
muskets here, and our soldiers can come back anytime to use them.
Notice
that in time of war this could be modified in the United States by law. But that’s the point. The military couldn’t just do this on their
own; politicians would have to pass a law, and those same politicians could get booted
out of office.
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