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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 6 Jan 2000 20:01:24 GMT
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MATTDM@nospamMATTDM.ORG
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Dave Schuler <orrex@excite.com> wrote:
> Well, the easiest criticism against this is that circumstances have arisen
> in the subsequent centuries which could simply not have been foreseen by the
> founders and which their document could therefore not reasonably be expected
> to address. Which is to say that basing our current actions and views on the
> opinions generated 200 years ago by the circumstances of 200 years ago is
> risky at best and frankly anachronistic.
The amazing thing is that they were foresighted enough to understand this,
and left the constitution as a relatively small framework, and even gave the
ability to modify that.
The government we have today, for better or worse, is a result of 200+ years
of interaction and development. That's a lot due to the design of the people
who made it, and their realization that they couldn't predict everything.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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