>>John, statement of fact. There are no less than 36 documented instances with a clear message. A very clear message
Yes, but your preferred interpretation carefully ignores the Grandfather period. So I'll ask yet again: what is the purpose of the Grandfather period.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
