[ExI] constitution amendments, was: iranian riots all a huge mistake

[Henrique Moraes Machado]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mirco Romanato" <painlord2k at libero.it>
To: "ExI chat list" <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [ExI] constitution amendments, was: iranian riots all a huge 
mistake


> Stefano Vaj ha scritto:
>
>> Of course, even "rigid" constitutions can be reversed. But this
>> require a revolutionary, illegal breach of the previous order (say, a
>> switch from monarchy to republic in the UK).

Mirco Romanato> Like trying to illegally change the Constitution with an 
illegal
> referendum to remove the limit to the number of presidential mandates.
> Like in Honduras.
> Well, often they fail.

And sometimes it unfortunately works. Vide Venezuela for instance.