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Subject:	Re: Those stupid conservative (was liberal) judges are at it again!
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Tue, 24 Sep 2002 23:19:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: > Me either. Duty needs to be taken on voluntarily. It may get you extra > privs, but it shouldn't be forced. Voluntary duty? I think that's a contradiction by any normal definition of 'duty'. Paraphrasing from Merriam Webster... - conduct due to parents and superiors - obligatory tasks that arise from one's position - a moral or legal obligation Cheers Richie

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		Re: Those stupid conservative (was liberal) judges are at it again!
(...) Check. OK, how about a "duty" that it's OK to shirk, but that if you don't shirk, gets you something extra, some privilege (I just can't spell that word!) you'd normally not get. (c.f. _Starship Troopers_ in which only those that served in the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Those stupid conservative (was liberal) judges are at it again!
(...) Me either. Duty needs to be taken on voluntarily. It may get you extra privs, but it shouldn't be forced. (...) (reins... a reign is just exactly what we want to prevent! :-) all hail Emperor George II and his visier, Dick ) (...) Snipped the (...) (22 years ago, 24-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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