-=> Michiel van der Vlist wrote to Dale Shipp <=-

 DS> I think that the USA constitution is doing just fine, in spite of how
 DS> it is getting strained lately.  After all it has lasted intact more
 DS> than almost any other country's constitution.

 MvV> Because it is impossible to change it and adding amendments is
 MvV> vey difficult.

Very contradictory "sentence" there.  Is it *impossible* to 
change, or is it *very difficult* to change?  You do know that an 
amendment is a change, right?

 MvV> When push comes to shove that rigidity may turn out to be a weakness.
 MvV> It can not be adapted to a rapidly changing world.

Another incorrect statement.  It has been adapted 27 times to a 
changing world.

 MvV> A basic weakness of democracy is that it can turn itself into a
 MvV> dictatoship if that is what the majority wants. You (plural) keep
 MvV> saying that in the US there are checks and balances that prevent
 MvV> that.

Very true (the checks and balances).  Also, the USA is technically 
not a democracy.  It is a constitutional republic.  Yes, there is 
a difference.


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