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The third amendment was a response to the British quartering troops in American houses. This was often done as punishment or harassment, and the soldiers were o
by arrosenberg 4y ago
The third amendment was a response to the British quartering troops in American houses. This was often done as punishment or harassment, and the soldiers were often not well behaved.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoEdit: From my reading of history, none of this is unique to the British American Colonial experience. Forms of it are ongoing in occupied countries. And frankly, I believe we would've seen similar levels of civilian violence and sexual violence in American occupations of other countries had Americans not generally fed and housed their own and therefore avoided that kind of close contact and dependence.
- paleotrope 4y agoWell, imo, the US Constitution is very suitable for any human society.
- arrosenberg 4y agoProbably, I wasn’t implying it was specific to Britain, just that the 3rd Amendment (like most of the Constitution) was a direct response to abuses incurred from the Crown in (their) recent history.
- DubiousPusher 4y agoRight, the crown but just as mich by parliament as well.