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Re: On losing the election
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- Subject: Re: On losing the election
- From: eevans@moscow.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 16:32:35 GMT
- Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 08:10:51 -0800 (PST)
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> Greetings Visionaires -
>
> Ed Evans (and his hypothetical wisdom) stated:
>
> "Rather, you've resigned yourself to whatever the will of the people desires.
> That's the only way you could possibly share coffee with your neighbor, or
that
> they'd share coffee with _you_. If a century from now the Constitution is
> entirely different, and the American people come to embody everthing you
> presently disagree with, you'd be just fine with that. "That's 'our'
> perogative."
>
> Ironically, if America turned into a religous fundamentalist nation, you'd be
a
> card-carrying member."
>
> I never resign myself to anything. My reponses clearly stated that I would
be
> willing to live in such a society. That does not necessarily mean that I
would
> support it (either actively or passively). If I feel that my rights have
been
> violated, I will use those tools afforded me by the US Constitution in order
to
> combat such a violation.
But a few days ago you agreed that the Constitution and the will of the people
determine only concrete rules for right and wrong. That doesn't jive with the
paragraph above where you're saying that your own personal view on rights and
wrongs supercede those of the Constitution and the will of the people.
Which is it? How do you determine right and wrong?
<snip>
Cheers,
-Ed Evans
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