Re: Facebook Account

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 22:05:52 -0500, Frank Krygowski
<frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
 

On 11/4/2024 7:07 PM, Shadow wrote:

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"But it's in the Constitution" - just saying that lowers the
score. The World has changed a LOT in over 100 years, and laws need to
change to accompany that.

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I occasionally encounter people who treat the U.S. Constitution as
perfection itself, and as a holy document That Must Never Be Criticized.
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But despite its revisions (AKA amendments) I think it's got serious
flaws. As evidence, there are now hundreds of nations with
constitutions. Not one has duplicated the U.S. Constitution. All have at
least attempted to improve on it.

  That our Constitution is unique is not evidence that it has serious
flaws.
 Of course, it's not perfect and it's constantly being criticized,
which is a good thing. If enough people are convinced, flaws can get
fixed.
 To my mind, one of the best things about the Constitution is how many
people have to be convinced in order to change it. The Founding
Fathers were very wise on that issue. In the end, the people get to
define the government, although the media does have too much influence
on their decisions. I don't see any viable solutions to that problem.
Censorship is an even bigger problem.
 IMO, the fact that the Founding Faathers didn't stipulate term limits
on the President and the Legislature was a serious flaw. At least the
Presidential term limit problem was eventually fixed. There are many
elected officials who have never had a real job, and that's sad.

--
C'est bon
Soloman