OFF: "musicians made drug use look tempting?" ^_~ =koff=

Dave Berry daveb at TARDIS.ED.AC.UK
Wed Nov 24 17:41:19 EST 1999


At 14:28 24/11/99 , Ted Jackson jr. s2h2 wrote:
>it's almost impossible for a liberal person to come out pro-gun over
>here, as there's too much accompanying baggage...

It's almost impossible for a liberal person to come out pro-gun over here, too,
as it's damn near a contradiction in terms...

>But remember, it's only a document, and was intended to be
>flexible...

Which is presumably why people can amend it.  Some of the most important parts are amendments.  And other amendments (prohibition, guns) are just stupid.  That's life.  You can't enshrine the values of one age and pretend that they're universal, even if they are ones you still agree with.

Dave.


Dave Berry,  www.tardis.ed.ac.uk/~daveb



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