Michelle Let the Cat Out of the Bag

[greg334]

Well I thought about it for a long time and one day I threw that idea at some sociologist at the U a while ago and she was "sure ... I think you're talking out of your a** on that one" until she looked into it and found out it was true (*gasp*).

 

[RLENT]

No, our Constitution is not perfect. That is why there was a means put into place to improve it.

I view it slightly differently ..... there was a means put in place to change it .... whether any change results in improvement is, of course, by no means assured ....

That is what "Amendments" are for. It is very difficult to amend the Constitution and for very good reason. It must be hard to do or that route would be used for every silly reason that could be thought of.

Indeed ....

Every bill passed and every amendment considered should be for the purpose of enhancing and improving personal freedom. It should also be looking to decrease the heave hand of government.

Ideally, yes, that should be the case ..... however the further a people are, in terms of their own personal experience, from actually having suffered under the yoke of tyranny, the less inclined in the above direction they will be.

In fact, the reverse is actually true: people who have not so suffered, will actually be inclined to impose that tyranny, as a consequence of believing in the necessity of controlling the behavior of their fellows ....

And thus "authoritarians" are born ....

I do think, that if we every chance to meet, that you would find that we have far more in common that we do opposed.

I have absolutely no doubt that that would be the case ....

I do believe that we both want to restore our freedoms so that we can live as we were intended too. Our only differences are in where we emphasize our blame.

I think that is one area where we each might see things from a slightly different perspective .....

However, I also think that there might be some differences in terms of the methods we each might be inclined to use to remedy the situation

And FWIW, I'm far less interested in assigning blame (which is, inherently, a denial of one's own personal responsibility), than I am in understanding causes ....

 

[layoutshooter]

"And FWIW, I'm far less interested in assigning blame (which is, inherently, a denial of one's own personal responsibility), than I am in understanding causes ...."


Hey, I like that!! The more I think about what you just wrote I feel that is more along the line of what I meant when I said about "assigning blame" I don't always express what I am thinking all that well.

 

[RLENT]

Hey, I like that!!

Why, thank you layout

The more I think about what you just wrote I feel that is more along the line of what I meant when I said about "assigning blame"

Got it ..... I understand.

I don't always express what I am thinking all that well.

Welcome to the club .... FWIW, it is certainly not an exclusive one ...

For me personally, it is often a struggle - of having the necessary patience and self-control to fully formulate my exact thoughts on a matter ..... before I let the compulsion to open my yap take over ...

 

[layoutshooter]

Why, thank you layout


Got it ..... I understand.


Welcome to the club .... FWIW, it is certainly not an exclusive one ...

For me personally, it is often a struggle - of having the necessary patience and self-control to fully formulate my exact thoughts on a matter ..... before I let the compulsion to open my yap take over ...

I only have patience when hunting and fishing!! LOL!! I am a professional "yapper" I often cannot type fast enough to keep up with my thoughts and often then get mixed up. *sigh* I used to be able to type as fast as I thought, old age setting I guess.