Yes. looking at it in a purely personal light: I now live -- with considerable sadness and bitterness -- in one of those countries where a large majority of the populace supports (to the extent that there is no other viable option in our elections) the concept that the individuals who are our Government are considered to have a right to set aside the provisions & ideals of those Basic Laws which (once, or supposedly) guaranteed so many human Freedoms and Rights.
It's not that we've always observed those Laws & Ideals, either in the Letter or the Spirit, but during most of my (81+ years) lifetime they've been held up as our Noble Ideal. It's difficult to accept the loss of something like that, and I think we've seriously (and unnecessarily) diminished ourselves.
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Date: 2010-05-23 01:20 pm (UTC)It's not that we've always observed those Laws & Ideals, either in the Letter or the Spirit, but during most of my (81+ years) lifetime they've been held up as our Noble Ideal. It's difficult to accept the loss of something like that, and I think we've seriously (and unnecessarily) diminished ourselves.