Learning from errors of our ways.

The framers of the U.S. Constitution weren't overly wise men. They were living in the 18th century. And therefore, they had relatively little grasp of what life and social and political and economic conditions would be like in the 21st century. So if we could resurrect the framers, and bring them back to life today, they'd tell us to reinterpret what they meant hundreds of years ago. They'd say modernize. Get yourselves out of 18th century thinking. Because it's archaic in so very many ways. Oh, there are some good principles to stick by. Through eternity. But hey, don't saddle yourselves with living with our most stupid and limiting ideas. Learn from our mistakes. And believe us, we made many of 'em. For modern-day conservatives to idolize we framers of the constitution would be foolhardy. One has to learn to adjust to changing times. We, for instance, based our economy in large part on slave labor. And we denied women so very many inalienable rights. We acted like male chauvinist idiots. We were hypocrites. We proclaimed all men being equal. That was rubbish. We never practiced the same equality that we preached. Now for you conservatives to revere us -- well, that's ridiculous. You'd be continuing to live with the same mistakes we made. Heck, learn from us. Learn from the many errors of our ways. --Jim Broede