On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 20:18:12 -0500, Mishka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > frank, do you realize that that post was self-contradicting? :) > > mishka > > On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 19:33:38 -0500, frank theriault > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, I think what distinguishes the good old U.S. of A. from those > > other examples you mention, is that, for one, it worked, and is still > > in existance. > ...
mishka, Explain to me how my post was self-contradicting. I mean, maybe it was, but I don't see it. I said that the USA worked. That's true. Said it's still in existence. That's true. I didn't say that it worked well. Or that it's still working. So, when I wondered toward the end of my post if democracy as currently practiced (or not) in the US is anything near what the framers of the Constitution envisioned, I was implicitely comparing today with the late 16th Century. I don't see a contradiction. OTOH, I see your smiley, so maybe you didn't really expect an answer from me... <vbg> cheers, frank > > > Whether what the US has now is anything close to the democracy that > > was envisioned by the Founding Fathers is another question for those > > with more knowledge than me (but my guess would be "no"). > > > > I could say more, but (1) I don't want to get political (any more than > > I have), and (2), dinner's ready <vbg> > > > > ciao, > > knarf > > -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
