On 11/7/06, David B. Shemano wrote:
It seems that you are making a Frederick Douglas type argument -- the Constitution and its principles are correct, but have been misapplied. I don't think that is inconsistent with what I am suggesting. Why could not (or why should not) a socialist society adopt the language of the 1st Amendment as its guiding principle for treatment of dissent in the society? <
I think that the Bill of Rights was a major popular victory in the US. Something like it -- with additions of the sort that Mark mentions -- seems necessary. In fact, the B of R might only need a bit of clarification and the use of more modern language. -- Jim Devine / "Teach a parrot the terms 'supply and demand' and you've got an economist." -- Thomas Carlyle
