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Re: One nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 2 Jul 2002 18:42:05 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys writes:
> Back into the fray (from a much needed absence 'cause I had to re-evaluate
> the way I come across in my posts...)
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> /America rant on
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> The next time anyone tells me the USofA is the 'free-est' nation on the
> planet, I'm going to point to this thread (and other places) and say,
> 'They're slaves to a piece of paper written 200+ years ago.'
lol, and it is *because* of this self-imposed slavery that we *remain* the
"free-est" and greatest nation on the planet.
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> The Constitution and the DoI are not Holy Writs, not divine, nor are they
> anything other than a guideline written by people for the people of the time
> for which they were written. Nothing more, nothing less.
Wrong. They are the cornerstone of our greatness. Without them we would be
nothing. They *are* sacred, or at least the ideas contained within them are.
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> /America rant off
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> Both documents are a good read. Both are crafted by truly eloquent and
> intelligent people, who tried to cover the bases. But the people of the
> time could not predict what was going to happen a week later, yet alone 200+
> years.
But yet at the same time they tried to craft it in such a way as to make it
timeless. And, for the most part, it was worked very well. Our very greatness
as a nation this day is a testament to that fact.
Either way, you get my vote for "understatement of the year":-)
lol, I'd even go so far as to say that we wouldn't even be enjoying this little
discussion in cyberspace had not for those documents (Al Gore notwithstanding)
-John
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