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To: Ilaine who wrote (168783)	6/6/2006 5:15:03 PM
From: TimF	Respond to of 793851

The world government could have a good constitution even if many of the countries in the world do not. But having a good written constitution is probably less than half the battle. The constitution will be interpreted by, and enforced/respected by (or not enforced or respected by) fallible humans. If the countries that would presumably become states in a new world government have respect for the rule of law and for liberty, and have political stability, than there would be more reason to believe the constitution of the new world government would be more than just a useless piece of paper. Such stability, respect for rights and freedoms, and respect for the rule of law, is probably somewhat more likely in countries with written constitutions than those without, but a written constitution is neither necessary nor sufficient in order to have those qualities. The changes that I earlier said would have to happen in order to have a good chance at a decent world government, include a much wider and deeper respect for liberty, democracy, and the rule of law across the world. Until and unless those changes happen, I think its ok to talk about world government, but not to take any steps to actually bring it about. Before such changes happen I think we would both agree that a world government would not be a good thing.