Interesting bit about George Mason

[tibor75]

Never knew this...kind of surprising he isn't figured more prominently in the history books (or maybe he was and I was just sleeping)

George Mason (December 11, 1725 – October 7, 1792) was a United States patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He has been called the "Father of the Bill of Rights".

Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed specific rights of citizens. He was later a leader of those who pressed for the addition of explicitly stated individual rights as part of the U.S. Constitution. His efforts eventually succeeded in convincing the Federalists (such as James Madison) to modify the Constitution and add the Bill of Rights (the first ten amendments of the Constitution). The Bill of Rights is based on Mason's earlier Virginia Declaration of Rights. The French Revolution's Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was also based on George Mason's work.

Although a slave owner himself, Mason favored the abolition of slave trade, and withheld his name from the U.S. Constitution in part because it failed to do so.

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

In favor of Individual Rights?

Fuckin hippy.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

In favor of Individual Rights?

Fuckin hippy.

tree hugger

 

[OSUsushichic]

Tree hugger. I bet he smoked pot too. :!

 

[Buckeyeskickbuttocks]

Maybe he didn't smoke it, but if he's from Va in that time period, he was probably required to "make trial" of growing it.

 

[Tlangs]

George Mason University is also the largest university in the state of Virginia which was surprising to me. I din't research the enrollment figures but my uncle told me so it has to be true.

 

[Saw31]

He had a great jump shot too...hazaa!!!

 

[Jagdaddy]

Just more proof that the founding of the U.S. was a Masonic conspiracy. :crazy::crazy::2004:

 

[bucknut74]

George Mason University is also the largest university in the state of Virginia which was surprising to me. I din't research the enrollment figures but my uncle told me so it has to be true.

It might be the largest in the state, but there's only a 1,000 or so who live on campus. It's largely a commuter school with many non-traditional students.

 

[DCBuckFan]

George Mason University is also the largest university in the state of Virginia which was surprising to me. I din't research the enrollment figures but my uncle told me so it has to be true.

VaTech says otherwise - http://www.vt.edu/aboutvt/universityataglance.html

25,000+ full-time students, making it the largest in the commonwealth

Not that it really matters :)

 

[Tlangs]

GMU's website is showing enrollment of 29,728 (including undergrad and graduate). either way, it is a much bigger school than I thought it was.


http://www.gmu.edu/vcenter/masonfacts/

 

[DCBuckFan]

True, but only about 16 K of the students are full time, compared to 25 K +... but yeah, it isn't a small school

 

[Buckeye513]

Wikipedia -

While George Mason University is relatively young, particularly compared to established research universities in Virginia, it has grown rapidly, reaching an enrollment of 29,728 students in 2005, and has become the largest public university in the state of Virginia. The University's stated goal is to become the major public research university of the U.S. national capital area.

Mason wins.

 

[Tlangs]

Wikipedia -
Mason wins.

I new my uncle didn't lie to me.

 

[LordJeffBuck]

He has been called the "Father of the Bill of Rights".

Mason wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights, which detailed specific rights of citizens. He was later a leader of those who pressed for the addition of explicitly stated individual rights as part of the U.S. Constitution.

Unfortunately, Mr. Mason's document perpetuates the insidious belief that rights can somehow be conferred by the state, and thus that the state is necessary to protect those rights.