--- Jeffrey Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dean Forster wrote:
> >
> > I think it's safe to say that the framers of the
> > constitution did more with their lives than argue
> > points of law. They were creating something, they
> > weren't trying to pick something apart to further
> > their own ends. Shall we debate the use of commas
> in
> > other documents now? please say no.
> >
>
> Whoa.. hang on - the founding fathers certainly WERE
> debating minutae of
> law, wording, etc etc They were not the United
> States then - they were
> 13 colonies (plus representatives from the Republic
> of Vermont ;) trying
> to find a way to forge their disparate cultures and
> societies together
> into one nation-state/collective.
>
> You better believe they were out to further their
> own ends.
>
My point was this- the founding fathers were lawyers
but the bulk of their efforts for quite a long time
was to create a document that would serve as the
foundation of a government. That government would
serve as a net souce of good <bow to JDG> to it's own
people and the world. I certainly wan't implying they
weren't concentrating on their work or that they
weren't trying to slip in an item to further their own
ends once in awhile. I *am* going to go out on a limb
and say that their words and deeds place them above
the modern definition of lawyers.
dean, who wishes he had a real flag to wrap around him
as he's freezing in the server room.
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