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Topic	At what point is it reasonable for the Constitution to be re-evaluated???
Zeus 02/25/18 8:56:31 PM #21:	shipwreckers posted... Granted, I'm all for patriotism and "protecting our heritage," but this isn't patriotism at this point. It's blind traditionalism. Perhaps we're due for some more "Amendments." ....what? TheCyborgNinja posted... The constitution, according to Thomas Jefferson (iirc), was to be regularly updated with the times lest it become totally worthless. So... While Jefferson was a genius, his thoughts on the Constitution were less than enlightened. He basically proposed letting the whole thing expire every few decades and have a new one pass, a premise which is infeasible for countless reasons and more so within today's political climate. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. <cite>Zeus posted [p:896764911] in At what po... [t:76354410]...</cite> <quote><cite>shipwreckers posted...</cite> <quote>Granted, I'm all for patriotism and "protecting our heritage," but this isn't patriotism at this point. It's blind traditionalism. Perhaps we're due for some more "Amendments."</quote> ....what? <cite>TheCyborgNinja posted...</cite> <quote>The constitution, according to Thomas Jefferson (iirc), was to be regularly updated with the times lest it become totally worthless. So...</quote> While Jefferson was a genius, his thoughts on the Constitution were less than enlightened. He basically proposed letting the whole thing expire every few decades and have a new one pass, a premise which is infeasible for countless reasons and more so within today's political climate. --- (\/)(\/)\|-\| There are precious few at ease / With moral ambiguities / So we act as though they don't exist. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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