Er Woods, who suggested using cultural whim as a basis for reinterpeting rights in the constitution ?
As you noticed (later) ... I was suggesting using intellect of the same kind used to create them in the first place. Of course I know the difference between cultural whim and intellect ... why have I got your goat that ... you keep readng such crass suggestions into my posts recently ;-) ? I thought you were the well adjusted kind. Ian On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Woods Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ian: > Of course I don't. That was my point .... when the constitution was > drawn up it was a reasonable precaution ... a right worth defending. > Like everything (as in everything) rights evolve and need > re-interpretation ... > > > woods: > When rights evolve you don't re-interpretate the U.S. constitution, if > you didn't know. The constitution provides a process in which the U.S. > constitution can be changed/amended. We are not to re-interpret and > twist the Constitution in accord to our current cultural whims. A process > of critical thinking and debate is to occur in all 50 states and then the > constitution can be changed. > Do you see the difference? > > > Ian: > If we had a tyrannical government to deal with ... we'd need to think > about how to deal with it ... the right to deal with it (using > necessary force) is the constitutional point. Worth using our brains > too. > > > > woods: > a point I don't think anybody in this forum would deny. > > > thanks. > > woods > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
