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 -=> On 07-22-20  05:27,  Bj”rn Felten <=-
 -=> spoke to Dale Shipp about Plum book <=-


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

 BF> With all the amendments, it's not really intact, is it? 
 BF> But how well is it conforming to the original idea?

Pretty well, except that right now it is being stretched to the limit.
The amendments are simply how it has grown to fit changing situations.
Too bad that the Fido "constitution" did not allow for that.

 BF> Take for instance the second amendment that is the main reason for
 BF> all the  gun violence in USA. It starts with "A well regulated 
 BF> militia...". Doesn't that mean that the rest of the 
 BF> amendment should only concern the well regulated militia 
 BF> and not every gun crazy redneck idiot in the country?

So some say.  It is up to the courts to decide that and other such
questions.

                               Dale Shipp
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