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Originally posted by Yorick:
Or, why should we hold the opinions of dead men generations ago as more important and valuable than people aliv e today?
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1. They were smart enough to try to keep government simple.
2. They were learned orators, philosophers, and businessmen who put lots of thought before their action. If you want us to once again undertake the federalist papers style of public review, maybe I'll consider giving modern folks the same credit.
3. PR, TV spots, insta-commentary by Geraldo Rivera, and 90% of newspapers nationwide being owned by 2 mass media companies were not there to corrupt the process.
4. They had the wherewithall to pick up their guns and knives and overthrow the government they didn't like. If you are willing to join me and other like-minded folks in doing that today, just maybe we'd be deserving of the same credit they got. But so long as our will to power is limited to 80wpm at the keyboard, we are mere armchair quarterbacks.
5-500. Give me some time. I'll think of them.
