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Re: a Specter has been haunting

Posted by zeugma on March 8, 2006, at 9:26:46

In reply to a Specter has been haunting, posted by zeugma on March 8, 2006, at 9:08:26

I quoted South Carolina's statements, in part because they did look at the Constitution to see what it actually said; and secondly to avoid any hint of a whitewash on the part of this country and its officials past, present, and future, to wipe out inconvenient or even hateful details or to justify themselves by appealing to the unlimited nobility and freedom of this country. In A.D. 1852 it was politically correct to speak of slaveholding states, and of people as property; and if we disregard the laws and precedents of this nation, such as the amendments that outlawed slavery and gave women the vote, we are in danger of enslaving or oppressing even our own citizens... It is clear that i detest those who refuse to produce documents. It is clear that I do not like leisurely and disingenuous answers to simple, urgent questions, that I believe you a know a person by his or her words, and that I do not trust those who withhold relevant information and yet ask me to trust, trust, trust.

These are general principles, which are vastly preferable to ad hominem attacks. I am simply explaining how my mind works, and offering critiques of governments (NB. NOT of people) who would have our elected representatives "legislate in the dark."

"Live free or die."

-z


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