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As the author well notes, a Constitutional Convention, unchecked and unregulated, could be means for disaster. We take for granted our Bill of Rights, on the d
by rasengan 5y ago
As the author well notes, a Constitutional Convention, unchecked and unregulated, could be means for disaster. We take for granted our Bill of Rights, on the daily. That said, luckily there's an entire process to follow to introduce and put into law any legislation.
I was myself unaware of Article V. The speed at which the internet went from STOP SOPA to DEPLATFORM AND CENSOR EVERYTHING startles me, and if that is any model, a Constitutional Convention would likely repeal every last semblance of freedom, and the ability to defend it, that we have.
Thanks for sharing this post.
- Mountain_Skies 5y ago>Your rights end where my feelings begin. Certainly don't want people who have the above attitude messing around with the Constitution. It's already bad enough many of them have made it into elected office or appointed to the bench.
- jakelazaroff 5y agoThat's a pretty rich critique, given the staggeringly censorious regime you imposed after your hostile takeover of Freenode. Context: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27286628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27286628 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27246755 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27246755 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27495358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27495358
- dang 5y agoPlease don't take threads on flamewar tangents, and especially not on flamewars that have already flamed and been rehashed god knows how many times already. You may not feel you owe someone else better, but you owe the community better, because doing that is really bad for discussion quality. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html