I enjoyed most of your essay, and I hope you receive my response as friendly constructive criticism..

Seems to me, the title of your essay is a bit of hyperbolic exaggeration, and this seed is sown throughout. The phrasing in this excerpt illustrates my point: "...they want to go back to being the shoe that is crushing us like ants." An overly harsh generalization I would say...

Still, I have to agree that the leadership of the people you are referring to are quite the power-hungry bunch. To boot, there are an abundance of ordinary people who are very, very comfortable with the security blanket that the accompanying paternalism supplies...

Neither condition is very evolved, sorry to say.

Right out of the gate, I feel that I have to reveal that I am a Born Again Bible Believing Christian. I also need to claim my empathy for the crassness of the offense you are writing about.

Much of the politics on this subject are historically ingrained culturally which binds the roles and responsibilities of both men and women. Also, women should watch out if they forget the adages, "The grass is always greener..." and "Look before you leap."

Another downside to your argument is your use of such wide ranging illustrations - too many disparate historical, geographical, and national dynamics to create a cohesive persuasion.

The essence of the problem, as I see it, is in the militarization at the intersection of diverse cultures and legal enforcement of conformity for the sake of continuity... It is a more intense version of the philosophy of unitarianism - a movement also found within denominational Christianity and one I oppose on its unrealistic, philosophical overreach. In this relay race, it runs beyond the question, "Can't we all just get along?"

A lot of things cannot just be mashed together.

Try to remember, the Founding Fathers were making radical changes to politics and culture. They were embarking on a continental Revolution to escape the oppression of the pompousness of the Kings and Queens of Europe. They were risking their lives to do so, and time was not on their side.

I think they did a wonderful job,considering the situation, and yet, they had trouble escaping many of the chains that tied them down.

Still and all they had the humility and the foresight to enable amendments to the Constitution. They apparently knew culture changes occur sometimes faster and sometimes slower and always more haphazardly than most would prefer...