> That seems to be about the public attitude these days. I > wonder if this country will elect someone soon who promises > to do away with all the messy constitutional stuff that > terrorists are using against us....
That's kind of the point tho: The constitution protects these rights against this very kind of short term hysteria. History is littered examples of a panicked populus making a snap judgement and then, years later, wondering "how'd we ever get here?!" For the uber-geeks imagine how pain could have been averted if Jar-Jar was unable to give supreme executive force to Palpatine through a simple proposition. ;^) Today the government is doing it's best to cover-its-ass and the media is doing there best to scare the crap out of us. All of this gives the people an unreasonable sense of fear and danger. The safegaurds placed in the constitution (and the constitutional ammendment process) are there to prevent this kind of temporary situation from threatening the fundamental ideals this country was based on. Despite some bumps (McCarthyism, WWII Interment camps and others) they have done a fine job so far. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
