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Re: Where's Larry and Hoppy when you need 'em???
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:19:00 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote:
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So, in effect, Gonzales is arguing to the point of *total* arbitrarity.
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Agreed. By being literal. But I think he did so to counter Specter’s obtuse
literalism.
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Are you saying that you think Gonzales was joking? Or that he genuinely ought to
“fight stupidity with even greater stupidity”?
DaveE
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| (...) I have no idea. All I'm saying is that if you hold to a strictly literal interpretation of the Constitution (as Dave initially suggested), you can get absurd conclusions, as both Specter and Gonzales have illustrated. And so the game goes on. (...) (18 years ago, 24-Jan-07, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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