My tone is only changed insofar as that the time is becoming scant for pondering and the hard decisions must be made... it's nothing personal.
My opinions, "insight" or "knowledge" should never be respected or taken seriously. I am not an authority on anything or know more than anyone else.
I fully agree much of what the founders said was important (such as the balance of the three branches). But the majority of it becomes more important when re-interpreted in today's world, outside of what they would have wanted. Reading "The Federalist Papers" or looking at the writings of the first few presidents will make it clear even in the beginning no one agreed on what any of the laws really meant... I firmly believe a law is right if it rests on reason, not on who said it. (This is one area where I tend to agree with libertarians, as I think many criminal laws are simply not needed.)
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Date: 2008-01-06 10:58 pm (UTC)My opinions, "insight" or "knowledge" should never be respected or taken seriously. I am not an authority on anything or know more than anyone else.
I fully agree much of what the founders said was important (such as the balance of the three branches). But the majority of it becomes more important when re-interpreted in today's world, outside of what they would have wanted. Reading "The Federalist Papers" or looking at the writings of the first few presidents will make it clear even in the beginning no one agreed on what any of the laws really meant... I firmly believe a law is right if it rests on reason, not on who said it. (This is one area where I tend to agree with libertarians, as I think many criminal laws are simply not needed.)
Oh well.