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Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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Tue, 28 Dec 1999 18:39:28 GMT
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Dave,
> > Well, lets see, Al Gore "Whose FINGER do you want on the
> > CONTROL-ALT-DELETE Button, for starters. The judge in this case, when it
> > started (Saw it on CNN), had to have the attorneys demonstrate how to
> > operate and use a computer. And yet he is supposed to understand the
> > dynamics of this case? I'm sorry, that is a factor to consider.
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> You used this as your SIG at one point, and I commented on it elsewhere, but
> since you bring it up here I thought I'd throw in an observation from a
> Moderate's viewpoint.
Moderate? Boy, I can't wait (I being a proud partisan, BTW!)
> Obviously
No, not obviously.
> Al is alluding to the nuclear "red button" of the Cold War era,
> manned so capably by Reagan and Bush. It seems likely that Al knows these are
> in fact three separate buttons, but he was engaging in verbal license to make
> a point,
Reagan and Bush had a million times more qualifications to man the
nuclear arsenal than Al Gore or Bill, IMHO.
Badly, as always. It isn't just a red button and everything launches
either. It is a set of commands and instructions called POTUS, which is
a briefcase the President carries around. I don't care what he was
trying to say, or what he was trying to craft, it is another spinning
around clump of words which shows he is trying to be Bill, and failing
badly. Words mean things, he said something completely ignorant, and it
tells me how he thinks, verbal license aside. We are talking about
people who don't know what the definition of the word "is" is.
It seems likely that Al knows these are
> in fact three separate buttons, but he was engaging in verbal license to make
> a point,
> lost perhaps on those requiring an absolutely literal
> interpretation.
Words mean things. Spinning around them when you are trying to say
something else is such a great example of how these two malcontents have
been the past eight years.
Well, since no one seems to be getting this point, let me see if I can
explain, in my viewpoint. Al Gore, in my opinion, and by his actions
(Claiming he and Tipper where the role models for Love Story (Author
says no), claiming he created the Earned Income Tax Credit (No, it was
created by a Louisiana Rep. a year before he got into the House of Rep.,
much less the Senate), creating the internet, etc.). He is an insincere,
partisan, phony who tries to use quotes such as this to make himself
relevant. His co-administration with Bill Clinton (Or Hillary, as some
of you think), has pressed this lawsuit, because, in my opinion mind
you, over political ends.
> In addition, why should the judge be required to know the
> workings of a computer?
Well, one one has the ability to overthrow a corporation based on
competitors complaining, I think there should be some basic knowledge. I
wonder how many people who ran this case have had the pleasure of
working on computers for as long as most people on LUGNET have?
> Does a judge have to be a ballistics expert or be
> skilled in forensic pathology to rule in cases involving esoteric and
> intricate information?
Different issue, different circumstance.
If so, no cases would ever be tried, because judges
> would have to spend all their time learning about everything. For that
> matter, when Windows 98 debuted, didn't the system crash or in some way fail
> to operate up to Microsoft's expectations? Does this mean that Bill Gates
> should be ousted from Microsoft because of a single unfortunate episode?
To some people, yes. Not to me. I think Gates is a person who has been
shafted because he is rich, and he did not bow down to the Clinton
administration.
> I don't have much of an opinion on this argument as a whole, other than to
> say that I like Windows, and I certainly prefer it (and its compatible
> software) to the other OS's I've used.
> However, this sort of straw-
> targetting, in which an off-the-cuff comment or anecdotal episode is taken as
> representative of the entirety of a person's view or qualifications, is
> ridiculous whether put forth by the Left, Right, or Middle.
Not ridiculous, Dave! This is just another example of Al Gore being
phony, being a fraud, standing up on the side of Bill Clinton the day he
got impeached, saying he was the greatest president ever, and then, when
he saw that hurting him, he said it was a reprehensible act, and he was
deeply disturbed. (For those of you that don't know, he was impeached
because he committed perjury!) Ridiculous is the actions by Al Gore,
during the past eight years, this comment is the epitomy of him, and I
guess to you, it seems absurd, but to me, it is classic Al Gore.
Scott S.
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| (...) Really? I hadn't guessed! (...) Well, it seems apparent enough to me. If you disagree, that's fine, of course; we just see Al's analogy in two different ways. (...) I can see where a former actor, skilled in portraying himself in a number of (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You used this as your SIG at one point, and I commented on it elsewhere, but since you bring it up here I thought I'd throw in an observation from a Moderate's viewpoint. Obviously Al is alluding to the nuclear "red button" of the Cold War (...) (25 years ago, 28-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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