10-17-2015, 04:06 PM
(10-17-2015, 02:17 AM)username Wrote: It was recently brought to my attention that the Constitution initially contained provisions that ensured the rights to own slaves; later abolished by the 13th amendment. Just saying that the constitution ought to be a living document subject tp revision when certain provisions are deemed antiquated or don't necessarily jive with modern realities.
Damn, I took a sleeping pill and that took me about 10 minutes to type without having it rife with typos and misspellings. Time to get some good zzzz's.
I totally agree with this, but if you notice other people's shocked reactions, when you say something similar to this, you just zip it. I realize that the Constitution is sacred, etc., but through they years, it needs to be amended as our culture changes with time....In our society, we update everything in our lives, except the original document which made our country a democratic society with some specific guaranteed rights.
I believe we have a lot of outdated laws on the books which have never been repealed or whatever.....e.g., it is unlawful to tie your horse in front of a saloon or spit on the floor in that same saloon. We need to streamline our entire Government, including useless laws still in effect, amend outdated "law" as put forth by our founding fathers. Even they would be shocked that we are still operating over something written over 200 years ago.