[CLUE-Talk] a new note in the usa/iraq tune \\ "barbarians"

[Jeff Cann]

On Tuesday 27 January 2004 7:20 am, Randy Arabie wrote:
> However, our system of government outlined in
> the US Constitution is the oldest on the planet.

So, you're saying that those heady Greeks and Romans didn't know anything 
about Democracy and Republics?  What about the Magna Carta (1215)? 

It's hard to argue that our system of goverment is the oldest.  Perhaps it is 
the oldest of the modern era.  But, the ideas contained in our Constitution 
were certainly influenced by many previous eras.

Jeff
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