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Did I bruise your tender ego? A little more bruising is ahead for you in that dept., though I'm going to get tired of it pretty soon.
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Yep, the study about testosterone deficiency in old men causing crankiness and lapses in judgment was right after all.
Moving on....
On the issue of the Founding Fathers, they chose to tax themselves. But Botnst has already pointed this out, so no need to elaborate.
"Female persuasion?" I don't think that anyone can be persuaded to be a female, although some people have changed their gender. I understand that gender bending is a favored pastime among some residents of some parts of California.
I agree with you gdemoss01, there was a certain level of hypocrisy at play with the Founding Fathers. To exclude people of color and women was, to put it mildly, a major oversight. They could've gone further than they did, but instead chose not to. That's a shame, because a lot of the problems that we still have today could have been eliminated way back then.
In their defense, I would offer the following. Given the historical context of their efforts, however, I would say that they went pretty far. No other society of the time gave women equal rights. Matriarchal societies, such as those found among certain Native-American groups were thought of as primitive. It is interesting that in ancient Greece, women had no rights. In Roman times, however, women had far more legal rights than women had previoulsy enjoyed.
Many religions, Christian and otherwise, give women no rights whatsoever. I believe that in present day Saudi Arabia women cannot even get a driver's license. Incidentally, my wife is a far better driver than I am--she can drive her Yukon like it was a Miata. Yet in SA she couldn't even hold a driver's license. Does not seem fair.
Also don't forget that generations later, the men who came after the Founding Fathers found inspiration in the words the FF wrote in order to extend the same rights to all men and women, regardless of race. So give them credit where credit is due.
Still, you ar right, they did not go far enough.
Further on the subject of patriotism. The thought that the actions of bands of drunken high school thugs (or drunken English soccer fans for that matter) is on the same level as the kind of patriotism that makes men and women risk life and limb, in order to fight for an ideal is not just plain ... (what's the word that I am searching for here???) oh yes ... stupid, but it also worthy of (what's that other word that I am searching for here???) oh yes...contempt.