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What, no answer? (Re: "Centuries old piece of paper" still pretty darn good)
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Sun, 14 Oct 2001 12:22:35 GMT
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"Scott A" <eh105jb@mx1.pair.com> wrote in message
news:<GL3oK6.4E4@lugnet.com>...
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> > In: http://news.lugnet.com/off-topic/debate/?n=13712
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> What have I done now!?
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> >
> > Scott Arthur derides the US constitution with these words:
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> I see.
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> >
> > > It means that we have a legal framework which reflects the way
> > > we live today. We are not held ransom by a bunch of politically
> > > appointed lawyers arguing over semantics based on a centuries
> > > old piece of paper.
> >
> > Well that "centuries old piece of paper" (parchment, actually) has kept • us
> > free, despite his scorn for it.
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> Do you agree with my words?
What, no answer?
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> lol. You make it sound like I've been trying to burn the thing since it • was
> penned!
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> > Freer than he is, in fact, although he'll never admit it.
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> Tell that to the communists and Japanese Americans who per periscuted in • the
> name of freedom in your fair land.
What, no answer?
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> >
> > He prefers to be ruled by fiats and regulations often developed and • imposed,
> > without specific debate, by ministers who serve a government elected by a
> > bare majority (or less if it is a coalition)
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> Hmm Let me see. Who had the most votes Gore or Bush?
What, no answer?
Scott A
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