The Constitution is that kind of “ink” except it is a legally binding contract among us all and between us and the govt.

It is not a “framework” or “scaffolding” upon which to do “constitutional carpentry” or hobby work.

What is a plan without execution? What is a Constitution in its most basic form? is it not a plan— the architectural drawing of what a nation ought to be?

The Constitution is NOT a plan or a vision of the society. It is to me first and foremost and most importantly, a Contract between the sovereign People and the Government they establish.

I congratulate you however for undertaking the exercise. However, if you were trying to write a Constitution based on a vision, you have probably written one that reflects your own present station in life.

I urge you to look up the famous works of JOHN RAWLS, in particular the book A Theory of Justice, in which he discusses extensively and fascinatingly how a Constitution ought to be created.

He proposes a marvelous gedankenexperiment called The Original Position, in which we imagine that we are to write a Constitution and are deciding on the most basic Principles we want to build into the Text of the Constitution. But let me leave it for you to discover Rawls’ remarkable idea.

Seriously, Georgia and Russia have been trading shots across their servers, for example.

Cyberspace is a battle ground so much so that the US Government is thinking of a Cyber Command though ars is also reporting that they put that idea on hibernate mode.

The Internet is where future wars are going to be fought and are already being fought.

to be honest, we don’t really need to change it at all

I can’t agree more. Constitutions were only meant to be a framework. It’s like our own relationship with our DNA. Our DNA spells out what may generally predispose us to be, but does not in any way describe our overall character as a person.

An over-focus on the Constitution can easily be interpretted as a belief that the society is only as good as its Constitution.

Besides, I find it so ironic that some ink on a piece of paper is being made out to be such a huge factor in the country’s future fortunes considering that we have time and again proven to be a people who regard Laws and Rules as mere recommendations and annoyances to be circumvented.

but is our people really interested in it?

if our politicians don’t have their own hidden agenda, the wisest and only course is to call it for a vote. Let our people decide if they really want to change the charter once and for all. if they do not, they do not.

to be honest, we don’t really need to change it at all.