Know: What is War!
Know What IS War
War —Defined
Most people know war as the shoot'm up and bombing activity.
But... have you consider Political wars?
WAR. s. (1756)
1. The exercise of violence under sovereign command.
5. Hostility; state of opposition; act of opposition.
WAR. n.s. (1785)
1. War may be defined the exercise of violence under sovereign command against withstanders; force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof.
5. Hostility; state of opposition; act of opposition.
— force, authority, and resistance, being the essential parts thereof —
1. The Declaration describes the passing of unconstitutional laws and unconstitutional acts by government as acts of tyranny & despotism. The Constitution, Article 3, Section 3 defines this as the treason of levying war against the nation.
2. Usually, well-armed law enforcement officers ticket and or arrest people who offend those unconstitutional laws. The Constitution, Article 3, Section 3 defines this as the treason of adhering to and giving and comfort to the enemy.
3. When judges only want to know if the accused violated the unconstitutional law; The Constitution, Article 3, Section 3 defines this as the treason of adhering to and giving and comfort to the enemy.
4. When jailers simply imprison the accused, without ever questioning the other actors; The Constitution, Article 3, Section 3 defines this as the treason of adhering to and giving and comfort to the enemy.
When we review the era appropriate definitions for hostility, oppression, infringe, deny, disparage, and abridge, we see similarity in the definitions.
HOSTILE. adj. (1785)
Adverse; opposite; suitable to an enemy.
HOSTILITY. n.s. (1785)
The practices of an open enemy; open war; opposition in war.
The descriptions above regarding tyranny and treason apply her as well. Hostility. They take you and or your property against your will (kidnapping and or armed robbery, especially when they act outside the Constitutional authority.
To OPPRESS. v.a. (1785)
1. To crush by hardship or unreasonable severity.
2. To overpower; to subdue.
OPPRESSION. n.s. (1785)
1. The act of oppressing; cruelty; severity.
2. The state of being oppressed; misery.
3. Hardship; calamity.
4. Dulness of spirit; lassitude of body.
OPPRESSOR. n.s. (1785)
One who harasses others with unreasonable or unjust severity.
— harasses others with unreasonable or unjust severity — is exactly what is done when the government acts outside The Constitution's granted powers.
To INFRINGE. v.a. (1785)
1. To violate; to break laws or contracts.
2. To destroy; to hinder.
INFRINGEMENT. n.s. (1785)
Breach; violation.
— To violate; to break laws or contracts; Breach; violation. —
This defines unconstitutional government activity. A breach of contract. A violation against the Supreme Law of the Land.
To DENY. v.a. (1785)
1. To contradict; opposed to affirm.
3. To refuse; not to grant.
4. To abnegate; to disown.
5. To renounce; to disregard; to treat as foreign or not belonging to one.
To DISPARAGE. v.a. (1785)
4. To treat with contempt; to mock; to flout; to reproach.
5. To bring reproach upon; to be the cause of disgrace.
To ABRIDGE. v.a. (1785)
3. To deprive of; to cut off from.
ABRIDGED of. part. (1785)
Deprived of, debarred from, cut short.
ABRIDGMENT. n.s. (1785)
2. A diminution in general.
3. Contraction; reduction.
4. Restraint from any thing pleasing; contraction of any thing enjoyed.
— to deprive of — is what government does when they pass laws prohibiting you the free exercise of a right that does not violate others; and is protected under Amendment #9.