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Undertoad · 04-05-2004, 06:46 PM

I'll further debate that things were "more free" at an earlier time of the nation. That's one of those things that's simply untrue at its face by modern standards, for example; how could you say it was "more free" when slavery existed or before women got the vote? More free for some, incredibly unfree for others? How can any real legitimate comparison be made between such different periods of history?

Is strict constitutionalism "better" when it encourages things like prohibition to be written into the national document?

04-05-2004, 06:46 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I'll further debate that things were "more free" at an earlier time of the nation. That's one of those things that's simply untrue at its face by modern standards, for example; how could you say it was "more free" when slavery existed or before women got the vote? More free for some, incredibly unfree for others? How can any real legitimate comparison be made between such different periods of history? Is strict constitutionalism "better" when it encourages things like prohibition to be written into the national document?

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