Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: AMuzi Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: Facebook Account Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2024 09:25:07 -0600 Organization: Yellow Jersey, Ltd. Lines: 44 Message-ID: References: <9dmpcjhlmnob1cgoagri7cpa5fjgkq9m0b@4ax.com> <9q4vcjhaj0nti7j1p7boasakb4q86vh6qr@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 05 Nov 2024 16:25:30 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e359395373d99a1dfa0e46e3e8c7a1ba"; logging-data="1674835"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19Fy7Qgc+RCQgIZu3T0L5U7" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:DW2ziwdSlk5yE3IBMP5S/MkcJRM= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2900 On 11/5/2024 8:47 AM, Zen Cycle wrote: > On 11/5/2024 9:32 AM, AMuzi wrote: >> On 11/4/2024 9:05 PM, 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. >>> >>> >> >> With mixed success. I give you the overwhelmingly adopted >> 18th Amendment, the only one more destructive than the 17th. >> >> Change for its own sake is not always positive. >> > > An amendment defining the structure of the senate is the 2nd > most destructive? > > > It removed the State legislatures from the process. That's a big change, as reflected by candidates' positions and campaign strategies and of course who is elected. -- Andrew Muzi am@yellowjersey.org Open every day since 1 April, 1971