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Topic	why doesn't america do anything about its gun violence issues?
Dash_Harber 02/15/18 12:53:25 AM #45:	Nomadic View posted... Metro2 posted... Why do people treat the constitution like an uneditable Bible, like some sacred text? Keyword: Amendment. Times change. Because its the foundation of our entire society. Its what all our laws and liberties are based on. If it were easy to edit away we would be living in a dictatorship. Except it's not. Legal codes are based on British or French ones. Society was rooted much earlier, which many aspects of the US rooted in the various anti-monarchy revolutions around Europe in the 18th and 19th century and the nationalistic unification of countries like Germany and Italy. Liberties, for their part, are again, more rooted in the Tennis Cout Oath, the Magna Carte, and other rights movements/moments. Society did not suddenly begin to exist when the constitution was signed. It's a nice story, but it's categorically false. Also worth noting is that historically dictators actually made use of inflexible legal codes. All legal codes either have to be flexible, or they cause countries to stagnate and die slowly due to their inability to adapt to changing technology and societal standards. <cite>Dash_Harber posted [p:896113835] in why doesn'... [t:76320529]...</cite> <quote><cite>Nomadic View posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Metro2 posted...</cite> <quote>Why do people treat the constitution like an uneditable Bible, like some sacred text? Keyword: Amendment. Times change.</quote> Because its the foundation of our entire society. Its what all our laws and liberties are based on. If it were easy to edit away we would be living in a dictatorship.</quote> Except it's not. Legal codes are based on British or French ones. Society was rooted much earlier, which many aspects of the US rooted in the various anti-monarchy revolutions around Europe in the 18th and 19th century and the nationalistic unification of countries like Germany and Italy. Liberties, for their part, are again, more rooted in the Tennis Cout Oath, the Magna Carte, and other rights movements/moments. Society did not suddenly begin to exist when the constitution was signed. It's a nice story, but it's categorically false. Also worth noting is that historically dictators actually made use of inflexible legal codes. All legal codes either have to be flexible, or they cause countries to stagnate and die slowly due to their inability to adapt to changing technology and societal standards.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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