On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Yann Le Du wrote:
> Doesn't the _existence_ of the rule participate in changing the way the
> people "think the chances are that the government would actually try to
> stop them" ? I think there's a retroaction process there.
You might think so, but for the longest time in American history
the 1st amendment was not taken so seriously. Why? People just
dodn't believe it!!
> Ok, but can't a constitutional rule somehow encourage the existence of an
> educational system that fosters tolerance, and thus lead to a more
> tolerant society ? I agree that the rule is then useless, but is it wrong
> to say that a good rule is one that aims at becoming useless ?
>
>
> Yann
You can't rule it out a prioi,but could you provide some examples??
-fabio
