Consider.

We are one week away from closing this American political science class. I am ready to get a break from studying but i must say that this has been enlightening and thought-provoking class. From what I have learn so far, it came across to me that the beauty of the american system may be its vulnerability as well. When the constitution was written, it was written with much gaps created. it is really disputable why this gaps were never filled by the men who created a political document which is the basis of a great nation political stability and a structure for many replicas. the greatness of this document and its influences on the ideas of democracy can not be undermined. But one conspicuous item present is the briefness and vagueness of the document. It could really have been because of the inability to reach a compromise without wrecking the peace and unity that had descended on New England after its narrow escape from not just the english monarchy but also from the articles of confederacy. The most basic and agreeable things were put to ink on paper but even that so little was written and specifics were not mention was the bone of contention. it is understandable that so much focus and strife was produced considering the questions we take lightly today we a major part of life then and the freedom possess by americans are still not very discribable except that americans have inherited their forefathers individualistic attitude and need to secure their freedom tighted then anything else.

However, whatever happen then, to fill the paper with gaps have definitely been a benefit of the freedom to interpretation and freedom for time to change. Above all, it "proves the foresight of the authors" to see that time and tide will change and that new difficulties they could not comprehend would be born. In short, it was their humbleness to recongnize that they are only human and can never appreciate the full scope of the issues.

Call it a blessing but call it a curse as well. Depending of from which angle you view the issues at hand. One thing it sure has provided, is the jobs of politicians, schemers, strong opinions and ideologies, bill after bill and the courts. In its wake it has left two very strong partisan ideologies that contrast at the steepest point possible. To its name, the controversevy surrounding every hole and corner that human intelligence has seek to open and break forth. It is not about changing laws, its about enlightening us on the gaps and interpretations that could be formatted to suit the circumstances.

Conflict is sometimes the most tiring thing we have to go through, but we would have it take us to the end of the world, to the highest cloud and to the deepest ocean to see ourselves defeated. Completely defeated. Six feet underground. It is not surprising, the controversey that can arise from the briefest political constitution ever. It would be good to consider, when we contemplate when we make our political opinions and take sides that really that is much more to see. Only if we look out of our windows, appreciate the air on everest and the lack thereof in the depth of the ocean that we come to realize others view point. That we go throught the conflicts and struggles that are just text book to us, that we taste the spice of another land, that we understand the other camp. I am not suggesting a flight to the dark corners of Africa or the beaches of South East Asia. I am hoping that we would use our wisdom like the writers of the constitution to learn to leave some gaps, to remember to everything we know there is some ignorance still and to every other thing the room for error and grace. It would better for us to learn to listen before we open the wrong gap and forget to close them. It would be foolish and contemptable. There is right and wrong just as there is left and right but it is good to think and question before we conclude in unmistakable certainty, leaving the doubt that all information has not be shown us, all light has not been shed, all corners been exposed. That day has but yet to have broken forth upon us. At the same time we cannot play diplomats always and let snipets of truth go by us without acknowledging that its truth is the truth. After all, its the uprightness of the lack of compromise that solves the disputations. It is the honesty to let go and regain what is rightful that wins respect and gains knowledge. Always remembering that to everyman is given the right to "life, liberty and property".