• AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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    1 year ago

    For you personally? Probably not much. For us as a society? Well, being able to read our laws and history in their original form is pretty important.

    • @[email protected]
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      91 year ago

      Not really, they’ve been transcribed and the people who need to be able to read the originals can learn just like people learn Latin if they need it, not as a mandatory language in school.

      • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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        -41 year ago

        Transcriptions are easy to alter. Kids learn reading and writing, and language in general much faster than adults. You can spend an hour a day for a few months with a kid and they’ll have it down pat.

        • @[email protected]
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          21 year ago

          It’s easy to learn cursive and compare if you’re that paranoid about it (although being extremely good at reading cursive doesn’t guarantee you’ll be able to read all documents written in cursive), it doesn’t mean everyone needs to learn it.

        • Uranium3006
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          21 year ago

          You really think people are gonna go down to the basement in DC and reason.the original documents and failure to read those is how we lose our rights? Stuff like the patriot act are bigger threats

          • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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            11 year ago

            Future legislatures will. I don’t like the idea of nobody in our government being able to read our laws in a generation.

            Average people can view the original Constitution when taking a tour, and it’s pretty neat to be able to read the original. Like a lot of things in education, knowing them won’t necessarily be very useful, but they can provide for a richer, more fulfilling life.

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      51 year ago

      Since when did you have access to the original writing of some law? If you want to find out a law today, you go on a government website.