Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John B. Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Facebook Account Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:56:54 +0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <9dmpcjhlmnob1cgoagri7cpa5fjgkq9m0b@4ax.com> <9q4vcjhaj0nti7j1p7boasakb4q86vh6qr@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 10:56:57 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="2dde64d7620716c0223ea60f77776c39"; logging-data="1556111"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18h75YtsuUT3sHZmJjUmVWfJEJMkKAFj+0=" User-Agent: ForteAgent/7.10.32.1212 Cancel-Lock: sha1:LEAL5KF+Vak+dORVFda/vXajKpc= Bytes: 2334 On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 22:05:52 -0500, Frank Krygowski wrote: >On 11/4/2024 7:07 PM, Shadow wrote: >> >> >> "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. > >I occasionally encounter people who treat the U.S. Constitution as >perfection itself, and as a holy document That Must Never Be Criticized. > >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. But are there hundreds of countries that are structured as the U.S. was? A group of separate legally individual states who had grouped together to provide a single face to foreigners, but to maintain the independence of the individual states. -- Cheers, John B.