2 sep 2012

we the people... well, you know how it goes. do you ever think about it? wonder about things like, what is the effect on a document that comprises the basis of a project when the circumstances surrounding the project change? in the world of information technology, you'd issue a change order. what form does the change order take, with regard to the constitution of these united states? that's an amendment. ergo - the document is not only the original piece, but these additional pieces must be taken into account. but, how does one take them into account... are we to read it from the beginning and when we run into a contradiction, take the new as correct and discard the old? seems right. but what if the contradiction is not clear, but is a matter of perspective? it's possible that i'd find something not contradictory, while you'd find the same piece entirely at odds. what's the appropriate way to view an old document with new eyes? i mean, there's no one around now that was around then. all our eyes are new, so we simply cannot see what they saw. which might be a good thing.