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Re: Swift was Right! (He just named the wrong people...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 12 Jun 2003 04:49:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote:
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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?
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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. :-)
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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)?
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We have methods of change built in. By your comments I take it that you don’t
understand that.
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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.
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So, Canada built a stagnant pond in 1982 that will need to be drained and
refilled? Glad we built a filtration and renewal process in ours. :-)
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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 But when certain issues and ideas become outdated, they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!*.”
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We do that all the time, we just usually come to the conclusion that the basic
concept was fairly sound.
You do understand that that is an especially lame conclusion? Gosh, I hate to
be using the Scott Arthur method of answering everything with a question, but
don’t you think that what you are suggesting is exactly writing a new
constitution from scratch every January 1st?
-->Bruce<--
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| (...) 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, (...) (21 years ago, 12-Jun-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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