>I meant that the constitutional protections have not been very >effective at protecting minorities historically
Maybe not at certain points in history, but the American system -- even more so than the British system before it -- is remarkable in the degree that it has managed, over the course of its existence, to continually expand the scope of who is included under the Constitutional system. Olin ----- Original Message ----- From: John Williams<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 2:05 PM Subject: Re: On Topic shocker! On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Euan Ritchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > >> Some minority rights. And even then it has not worked very well >> historically. > > I disagree, I think it has worked spectacularly well. I meant that the constitutional protections have not been very effective at protecting minorities historically. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l<http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
