03-15-2018, 01:32 PM
(03-15-2018, 01:01 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: I might be in the minority I suppose, but I don't find this type of discussion focusing on the founders as mere mortals with flaws being broached a whole lot anywhere. Mostly these guys get deified in most political discourse in the few places their intent is brought up in the context of an amendment. Sometimes to the point that any discussion of a rethinking of laws can simply be ended with "but the founders", as if nobody from this era could advocate a thought which might apply better to current society than guys from 200 plus years ago. So, I personally wouldn't consider it a "rant" if you went down this path. You present things with a fairly balanced approach with enough self awareness that I think it would be fairly well received across the spectrum of viewpoints on this board. If you mean that you can get a little pedantic, I can see that, but sometimes it needs to go there.
Well, my usual rants on this topic end up in me talking about how we have the oldest written constitution in the world still in use and that I'm not sure it's something we should be proud of. Yadda yadda. I'm in favor of a new constitutional convention to either start from the ground up or get some serious amendments going. So that is more of the ideas to which I was referring.
And I appreciate the pedantic comment.
(03-15-2018, 01:01 PM)masterpanthera_t Wrote: Speaking of traveling down paths, I pass by your university a lot when I come down to see my parents in Radford. It feels like a different world, but in a way I get to see the difference in mindset between "urban" and "rural", though my interactions with folks there (SW Va) is very minimal (meaning I just see/hear people when I'm out shopping at stores.
Harrisonburg is a blue island in a sea of red. We are the closest thing to urban between Winchester and Roanoke, and that's not saying much. The whole valley is very rural and it can be a different world for people. Hell, when people come over from central Virginia they are kind of amazed, especially when they hit the Radford area.
A conference I sometimes go to moves around between the different state schools. I am hoping to go to the one in the fall, which is in Radford.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
