Message Forum: Re: the N.Z. constitution

Re: the N.Z. constitution

Posted By: gabby, on host 208.221.191.211
Date: Monday, January 22, 2001, at 16:40:26
In Reply To: Re: the U.S. constitution posted by Brunnen-G on Sunday, August 13, 2000, at 15:01:56:

> I would personally not want to live in the world which somebody in the 1700s considered ideal. I'm sure that people in the 2300s will not want to live in the world *we* consider would be ideal. So they'll change the laws we make today, and good luck to them.
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> Brunnen-"the past is a nice place to visit, but I don't want to live there"G

The encyclopedia says New Zealand doesn't even have a constitution. Wouldn't that make politics more disorderly and capricious than it already is? How do you tell at any given time that your government won't be radically different tomorrow?

gab"Not that we bother following ours much"by

Replies To This Message

Re: the need for constitutions - Brunnen-G - Tue, 1/23/2001, 13:48:48
- Re: the need for constitutions - dingdong - Tue, 1/23/2001, 21:19:11
- Re: the need for constitutions - Travholt - Tue, 1/23/2001, 15:13:40