So Platt, you are accepting a static social pattern the authority to say what is illegal. I'd agree with the pragmatism, but not the certainty over the legality of their authority.
That authority is a matter of social convention (not necessarily a bad one, in fact a damn good one) but not any kind of certainty. Ian On 6/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting ian glendinning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I'm positively pragmatic, you are negatively, cynically skeptical. > > Cup half full vs cup not full = empty (or half empty to some people) > > Au contraire. I'm positively ecstatic that the U.S. Senate has killed > an bill granting amnesty to illegal immigrants. I am certain that illegal > means illegal. Excluded middles need not apply. :-) > > > > ------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through IMP: http://horde.org/imp/ > 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/
