[lafroste]

I have a copy of the text of Professor Ingelhart's "The Literature and Languages of Liberty". In it, Professor Ingelhart argues that the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights are so beautifully written as to elevate them to the status of poetry. He demonstrates as much.

In that spirit, I would like to offer France a piece of their (if their wise enough) new constitution to replace that mess they grapple with now:

Le Congres ne pourra faire aucune loi concernant l'etablissement d'une religion ou interdisant son libre exercice, restreignant la liberte de la parole ou de la presse, ou touchant au droit des citoyens de s'assembler paisiblement et d'adresser des petitions au Gouvernement pour le redressement de leurs griefs.

Come on Europe. You can do it.

[CHARLITE]

Good idea, but their problem is that perhaps 20% are now Muslim, and they aren't going to spring for such a text! Islam and the Koran would dictate quite a different one...............something out of Alice in Wonderland..........."Off with their HEADS", if they stray from Islam.

Char