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Re: Definitions (was: An armed society...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 24 Jan 2002 02:02:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
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> > Really? Then why doesn't the Constitution say "The right of the citizen
> > to bear arms shall not be infringed?" Wouldn't that be a much better
> > enumeration of the amendment than an ephemeral "we infer that the founding
> > fathers meant such-and-such" sort of a claim?
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> This is the semantic game played with the term "militia." Accepting your
> recommended wording, wouldn't we then just argue about the meaning of the
> term "citizen"? A dictionary definition will suffice for the word "militia":
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> mi·li·tia (m?-lish??) noun
> Abbr. mil.
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> 1. An army composed of ordinary citizens rather than professional soldiers.
Hmmmf. Doesn't that definition also depend on the meaning of "citizen"?
ROSCO (nit-picking again)
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| (...) In a way that's my point, ultimately one has to admit that one knows precisely what a word means and stop playing the semantics game. The semantics game is almost endless if the point is to NEVER reach accord. My point was to show that there (...) (23 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I have posted about the Ashwander Doctrine before -- read it and connect the dots, pretty please. (URL) the record, I am not exactly a card-carrying NRA kinda guy...I barely care what they do. (...) No, taxation is Constitutional because of (...) (23 years ago, 23-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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