> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 11:04 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: CD's
>
>
> > From: "Robert Seeberger"
> > Perhaps you should tell that to Buddists, Hindus, Wiccans,
> Satanists,
> > Gaians, and other non-worshipers of Yahweh/Jehovah/Allah. Its an
> interesting
> > conceit IMO.
>
> What do all these people do in a court of law?
> They can hardly swear on a bible after all...
>
> Just curious..
>
> Cheers
> Russell C.
>
> Actually, you no longer swear on a Bible in most American
> courts. Most people _think_ you do, because TV shows like
> the dramatic effect, but it's not necessary. One President
> (Calvin Coolidge, I think) was actually not sworn in on a
> Bible either - it's just traditional, there's no legal requirement.
Its not a bad gesture, imho.. I wish tho that I lived in a country where swearing on
anything you held sacred would be publicly accepted. I mean, if I were to be elected
(ha!) to something more glorious than "Weigher of Coal[0]" I'd want to be sworn in on,
say, a stack of Plato perhaps. :)
-j-
[0] I did actually hold the position of "Weigher of Coal" in my hometown back in
Vermont. Its a legacy governmental position left over from the 1800's. I was
appointed when no one else at Town Meeting had stuck around until the bitter end (they
all left after the school budget passed..)
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