CrazyWingman's Journal: The dumbing down continues

Why do people insist on dumbing everything down? The most recent occurance is here. This congresswoman has "translated" the U.S. Constitution into "plain language." It sites such passages as "No Bill of Attainder or ex post facto Law shall be passed," as being confusing. Now, I can understand that someone who does not know the meaning of "ex post facto" will be unable to understand this sentence. However, isn't that was the rest of education is for? Isn't there a reason that they teach us a little bit of Latin in schools? Isn't there a reason that we study ancient Rome?
The article talks mostly of a "Constitution for Kids", and of course kids are not going to know what "ex post facto" means. However, the woman who did this translation said she also wants to write a translation for adults. I'm sorry, but if you are an adult, and don't know how to go to the library or get on the internet and do a little research, then you are a moron. Stop trying to read the Constitution and go learn how to learn.
Now, I do think that there may be a place for a version of the Constitution with extra captions or whatever describing the history behind some of the wording, but rewriting the wording really seems like part of the meaning is being thrown out the window.
Sarcasm on Next thing you know, she'll want to translate the Constitution into ebonics as well. Sarcasm off

I think the real problem...

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is the changes she makes in the translation (read: Second Amendment). Translating something as important as the legal basis for the most powerful nation on earth, whether translating from English to Japanese or English to modern American English, invariably inserts biases and opinions not held (or, at least, not proven to be held) by the Founding Fathers.