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Old 12-28-2012, 10:27 PM   #3380
xoxoxoBruce
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Originally Posted by ZenGum View Post
Indeed, I think this brings up the strange reverence that many Americans have for the constitution. The Founding Fathers may well have been "right" for their time, but things change - technology, economics, culture, human behaviour.
What we are trying to avoid is becoming England, where they haul you in and fine you for calling your neighbor an asshole. That won't fly here.
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