IP: The state of the American Society -- from your Editor

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

When I sent out that short set of notes about the election, the reactions I 
got   that causes me to worry about the state of the USA.. They were mostly 
extreme in nature at both ends of the spectrum -- from claiming Gestapo 
tactics of one party  to calling me an extreme leftist (sidebar -- in my 
college days I would have proudly accepted that designation  if offered but 
sadly I  was  not and I am not).

The events of the past decades have, I fear,  polarized this nation into at 
least two extreme groups who remind me of the Balkans. The center, I hope a 
significant majority of the American public  must take control of this 
situation and demand that our leaders behave like people qualified 
to  follow in the footsteps of the Founders of our nation.

I will not take sides in this note as to who is right but we have a process 
in this nation that serves us well. I believe it is called LAW. Our 
judiciary is charged by our constitution to interpret that law and our 
legislative bodies are charges with creating laws BUT more important to 
defend and protect the Constitution of the USA.

If we botch this election process we will seriously damage our Constitution 
and our nation and what we leave to our children and their children. Too 
many people have died defending all this in war  and too many people have 
pledged their sacred honor defending it to let it be torn apart.

Both Bush and Gore are , I hope, men of honor. If either of them aspire to 
lead this nation they should  act as leaders and we as citizens of the 
world oldest government should also act as such.

Dave






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