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Re: Description vs. argument
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:40:32 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Christopher L. Weeks writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
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> > You remember that war, right? That's the war in which we threw off the yoke
> > of the British oppressors. It was a war about freedom, after all. So it's
> > not too surprising if you forget the little details about it since it wasn't
> > one of the British Empire's brightest moments to have the starch beaten out
> > of it by a ragtag band of patriots (patriots armed with the latest military
> > technology of the time, but a militia, not an army.)
The keyword is militia. My dictionary says:
militia
a military force which only operates for some of the time and whose members
often have other jobs, used either instead of or to support the official army.
I’d hate to get involved in semantics, but I do not think you have a militia.
"A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed."
Can a bunch guys with guns under their bed really be a militia?
Scott A
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> I happen to feel connected to this particular fight since I'm from the US, but
> it's really not my favorite of these examples. I prefer the one where
> Shaka, using nothing but spears and genius, routed the British army in Zululand
> (South Africa). That's the best defeat, I think. Talk about
> ragtag.
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> Chris
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| (...) Your dictionary is wrong, when viewed in the context of the US constitution. Words change meanings, but to understand the 2nd, you have to know what militia meant to the founding fathers, and what they meant when they said it. Intent is (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I happen to feel connected to this particular fight since I'm from the US, but it's really not my favorite of these examples. I prefer the one where Shaka, using nothing but spears and genius, routed the British army in Zululand (South (...) (24 years ago, 15-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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