As hard as it may be to believe (or perhaps not), a US publisher has put a warning label on a recently released book comprised of a copy of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Federalist Papers and other works written by America's Founding Fathers.

What's next, a warning label at the front door of the US National Archives?

(Via Fox News)

Wilder Publications warns readers of its reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, Common Sense, the Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers, among others, that “This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today.”

The disclaimer goes on to tell parents that they "might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before
allowing them to read this classic work."

Walter Olson, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, says the company may be trying to ensure that oversensitive people don't pull its works off bookstore or library shelves.

"Any idea that’s 100 years old will probably offend someone or other," Olson told FoxNews.com. "…But if there’s anything that you ought to be able to take at a first gulp for
yourself and then ask your parents if you're wondering about this or that strange thing, it should be the founding documents of American
history." ...

Here's a copy of the warning label:

Have we really come so far have we come in our country where any who publishes a copy of our country's founding documents should have to worry about "offending" anyone? Or could it be that someone in the publishing house itself has the kind of liberal bias that makes them feal that these documents are offensive?  Perhaps it's a little of both.

As for anyone being offended, given that the media and our society practically trains people to become offended, it should come as little surprise.  The trouble is that they're being trained to be offended at the values that gave birth to our country.

Of course the documents are a "product of (it's) time".  Unfortunately, in the age of the "Living Constitution", we can't rely on their being interpreted and applied as they were meant to be "in their time".  Maybe that's one more reason liberals prefer the "Living Constitution",
because they can ignore the parts that may be offensive to their
viewpoints (or political ends)?

It also seems that the part of the label that suggests it "does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today" speaks volumes about our country, and maybe to the prejudices of the publisher.  (Again, that whole Living Constitution thing)

The book is for sale on Amazon as has provoked (as you can imagine) a pretty lively thread of reviews and comments, some calling for a boycott of Wilder Publishing for their ignorant "warning label".