danielisbored t1_jeag0gu wrote on March 30, 2023 at 4:20 PM

Reply to comment by NickDanger3di in Active shooter reported at Forsyth Tech Community College in North Carolina, authorities say by JM2845

Most of them, Jefferson especially, would be confused as hell as to why we are so doggedly trying to maintain the late 18th century version of a law, when the document was explicitly written in such a way as to make it updatable to changing political and social attitudes.

WalkerBRiley t1_jeb6obf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:10 PM

Yea. It was meant to be a living document that changes with the times. The FF realized a rigid doctrine that couldn't be changed was a great way to cause a country to collapse in like 200-250 years.

checks watch yep...we appear to be on schedule.

sdforbda t1_jean2y1 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 5:05 PM

Taking it a bit out of context one of my favorite short quotes is "Indeed I tremble for my country" as it has been so fitting over the years, unfortunately. It is truly baffling how something that was written to be a living document is treated as uneditable now.

swoletrain t1_jecy9po wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:34 AM

It's actually been edited 27 times. In fact one of those edits specifically repealed an earlier edit.