Wednesday, March 08, 2006

200 year old constitution, 200 year old thinking

A friend of mine recently pointed out to me that the USA has one of the oldest constitutions in the world (if not the oldest). And while other countries seem to rewrite their's on a regular basis following various revolutions, that of the USA remains intact, with only amendments. Good point, I guess.

So it surprises me that Americans are still arguing about the right to abortiion, when the europeans are already discussion the ethics of in-vitro fertilisation, and the right of one partner to use frozen embryos without the other's consent.

It seems that our American cousins are still stuck in medieval times. Shame. Open up your guilted cage and have a housewarming party, whydontcha.

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