Good. Now what about blackwater? I'm more concerned about this, and wouldn't mind good input from anybody.
woods ________________________________ From: Ian Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 12:22:57 PM Subject: Re: [MD] blackwater No problem Woods ... we understand each other ... I do appreciate these are lingusitically touchy issues ... but I have to say when exchanging views with "friends" on here I kinda assume you already know I know you know I know that ... etc ... (for brevity you understand, not any lack of respect ... on the contrary) Ian On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 6:16 PM, Woods Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Ian, > > I wasn't saying you were suggesting "cultural whim". In the > U.S. a long standing debate for decades has pin-pointed the > word re-interpretation/interpretation and original constitution. > Some in the U.S. think the constitution is outdated and we > can re-interpret it the constitution to fit so called more modern > times. The other position or one of the other positions is the > constitution can be changed, but through the given constitutional > process. I was trying to add clarification to what you said > for that's a button issue in the U.S. That's why I said "...if > you didn't know." So you know that how you worded your > post might be understood in the U.S. in a certain way that > you didn't intend. > > > woods > > P.S. I'm not after you Ian. I know at one point I had asked if you don't > like disagreement, but that was long ago and didn't get a response. I > figured it must be a sensitive topic for you, which is fine. And I've tried > to pull away from asking you once I figured out that it might > be an innocently touchy issue that all humans have in one form or another. > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Ian Glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 11:50:44 AM > Subject: Re: [MD] blackwater > > Er Woods, who suggested using cultural whim as a basis for > reinterpeting rights in the constitution ? > > As you noticed (later) ... I was suggesting using intellect of the > same kind used to create them in the first place. > > Of course I know the difference between cultural whim and intellect > .... why have I got your goat that ... you keep readng such crass > suggestions into my posts recently ;-) ? > I thought you were the well adjusted kind. > Ian > > On Fri, Oct 24, 2008 at 4:50 PM, Woods Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ian: >> Of course I don't. That was my point .... when the constitution was >> drawn up it was a reasonable precaution ... a right worth defending. >> Like everything (as in everything) rights evolve and need >> re-interpretation ... >> >> >> woods: >> When rights evolve you don't re-interpretate the U.S. constitution, if >> you didn't know. The constitution provides a process in which the U.S. >> constitution can be changed/amended. We are not to re-interpret and >> twist the Constitution in accord to our current cultural whims. A process >> of critical thinking and debate is to occur in all 50 states and then the >> constitution can be changed. >> Do you see the difference? >> >> >> Ian: >> If we had a tyrannical government to deal with ... we'd need to think >> about how to deal with it ... the right to deal with it (using >> necessary force) is the constitutional point. Worth using our brains >> too. >> >> >> >> woods: >> a point I don't think anybody in this forum would deny. >> >> >> thanks. >> >> woods >> >> >> >> Moq_Discuss mailing list >> Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org >> Archives: >> http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ >> http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ >> > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > > > > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
