tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post6912140395563705777..comments2024-03-29T17:12:19.648+13:00Comments on Bowalley Road: Disappointing - And Then Some!Chris Trotterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09081613281183460899noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-16458155871104781982012-09-24T20:05:29.142+12:002012-09-24T20:05:29.142+12:00Any society will be fair and just, or unfair and u...Any society will be fair and just, or unfair and unjust, depending on who holds power and how they exercise it - not on what is written in a constitution.<br /><br />No matter what the rules are, those with the power to use them to their advantage over the rest of us will always find a way to do so.<br /><br />For example, the American constitution, once a beacon of enlightenment, has more recently been highjacked by the capitalist elite to cement in the power of corporations over citizens.<br /><br />In fact some of the nastiest regimes in history have had fine constitutions.<br /><br />When the wrong people hold power constitutions, and the laws and institutions that accompany them, normalise servility and perpetuate delusions of democracy and accountability long after any possibility of real and effective participation in decision making by the masses has disappeared.<br /><br />Throuhout history worn out constitutions and the institutions that uphold them have ended up being discarded as people engage in asymmetrical struggle to regain their freedom.<br /><br />This needs to happen again in most of the developed nations if we are to save the planet from environmental collapse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3753486518085091399.post-74918458284621393002012-09-23T17:54:12.004+12:002012-09-23T17:54:12.004+12:00 I think what the working party will come up with ... I think what the working party will come up with eventually is something that will be incredibly exclusive-based around that damned Treaty. The whole idea of the American constitution as I see it, is that it is incredibly inclusive.As an example- although the writers of the constitution had slaves(well some of them anyway)-what they wrote enabled slavery to ultimately be abolished as unconstitutional. The committee is heavily weighted and what it comes up with will be designed to advantage Maori at the expense of the rest of the nation. It is most likely to be a huge force for division in our society.Jigsawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13906156865367357834noreply@blogger.com