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Re: ??? (was Re: An armed society...(what if?))
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Fri, 25 Jan 2002 04:23:18 GMT
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> Why I even respond to these debate
> posts is a matter for speculation...

Well I am certainly glad you did.  You explained much that I know to be true,
(and a good bit that I did not) but could not convey as effectively as you.
Writing is just not my strong subject. (barring fiction of course :-) )
> 
> When I saw what Kirby was trying to get at I thought of Thomas Jefferson's
> words from The Declaration of Independence, where it says: "He has erected a
> multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our
> people, and eat out their substance."  Now those words STILL resonate, at
> least they do with me.

Amen.
> 
> I have to tell y'all -- It's hard to care about the stuff I know when few
> others do.  It's hard to keep caring when others don't even have the basis
> for understanding the problem.

Well I care and I hope you don't give up.

> We have a literacy problem in this country,
> I don't even worry about the legal stuff anymore...I quit law school when I
> saw that almost every other student I knew was a system kiss-ass. Sad but
> true.  Not much is likely to happen to save matters in the U.S. because the
> momentum of the downhill slide has reached juggernaut force.
> 
> Blackstone and Kent weren't significant parts of the curriculum.

Pity.

-Mike Petrucelli



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  ??? (was Re: An armed society...(what if?))
 
(...) LFB, Kirby is a little too conspiracy prone for my taste also (really, it's his one obvious debate flaw), but that doesn't mean that he is wrong -- the fact is, Kirby is right in most of the broader strokes of his statements, even if he screws (...) (25 years ago, 24-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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