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Subject:	Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 12 Jun 2003 00:31:21 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Bruce Schlickbernd wrote: > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: > > > Oh, and we're not beholden to a piece of paper written generations ago. > > I don't know why you keep piping up with that line. You're beholden to a piece > of paper that was written recently, and had to ask some foreign royalty to even > get that far. And you wouldn't have gotten that far except for us setting the > example about the end of colonial rule and giving royalty the boot! :-) > > -->Bruce<-- Funny that--and if a group of men were to write up a list of, say, laws that I would like to follow, when would I want those laws to be written? Say, 200+ years ago before there were street lights, law enforcement, cars, and the like, or say, in 1982? How about a 'constitution' that changes and adapts itself tothe changing times and ways that we deal with issues, instead of a 'constitution' that is static, unchanging (niggle here but all in all-y'all don't want it to change)? You know what happens to ponds and such when they don't move, don't change, aren't constantly refreshed? They become stagnant and putrid. Sure things grow in them, but things that we equate with 'nice, clean, and healthy' aren't amongst them. Evolving with the times, I think, is a much better way of doing things. Sure there are some ideas that 'span generations'--I'm not suggesting write a new constitution from scratch every January 1st--this isn't some sort of 'slippery slope' arguement. But when certain issues and ideas become outdated, they should be re-examined and/or eliminated. "But we can't do that 'cause it's *The Constitution!*." Whatever. Dave K

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) No problem, Dave. When you find an idea that improves upon the ideas of liberty and freedom, let us know. We haven't one yet. JOHN (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) So, you are saying that Canadians will completely trash by 2182 what was written in 1982? That the Canadians of 1982 were incompetent? Sounds like the problem is in Canada, not America. :-) (...) We have methods of change built in. By your (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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		Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
(...) I don't know why you keep piping up with that line. You're beholden to a piece of paper that was written recently, and had to ask some foreign royalty to even get that far. And you wouldn't have gotten that far except for us setting the (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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