Secular humanist
Newbie
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« on: October 06, 2009, 11:37:36 AM » |
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As a newcomer I could not help but to realize that some members have... how would I put it... obsession with the constitution. Really, explain me this. If you so love the constitution, what do you do when it is changed? Change your oppinions? I doubt! All laws can be changed, and terefore no law is absolute.
Why this bothers me is because so many people back their claims with the constitution. The problem is that most of the discussion here is "what sould be the law", and out come these people who blindly refer to the constitution: "But this is how the law currently is!" There is a fallacy of circular logic there, since the laws are nothing but dominating social norms that are enforced by the state, and these people choose their social norms based on what social norms the state enforces. If this is not the "how to"-of eliminating logic, then nothing is.
The very purpose of discussing politics escapes people who back their claims with the constitution. The purpose of discussing politics is to choose what norms to enforce in society. But then we have these dudes who think discussing politics is all about obeying previously sanctioned norms. This is ofcourse counter productive, because this would stall the progress of the state while the rest of society moves on, all ending up in big conflicts inside that said state.
To put it simply, stop riding with the constitution. The job of discussing politics is not to obey the rules, but to make them.
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