Supreme Court is out of control

Bernard Farquart wrote:
>
> "Daniel J. Stern" > wrote:
> > On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Bernard Farquart wrote:
> >
> >> >> >All that means is that you *hate.*
> >> >> To an idiot
> >
> >> > Ah, yes - when faced with an argument you cannot address - you call
> >> > names.
> >
> >> OK, so you think that name calling is not a good way to argue a point, I
> >> see...
> >
> >>> Intellectually inferior.
> >
> >> OOOHH, the irony is so good!
> >
> > Erm..."Intellectually inferior" isn't namecalling. It's a judgement. If
> > whoever said it can back it up or at least present a persuasive case with
> > evidence, there's no irony or joke.
> >
> > "You're an idiot!", on the other hand, is namecalling no matter how you
> > slice it.
>
> What if the person is really really stupid, could
> it be consructive criticism?

Nope. Really really stupid people wouldn't know what to do about it even if
they realized they were really really stupid.

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Bernard Farquart wrote:
> > wrote in message
> oups.com...
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> >> >> I hate liberalism.
> >> >
> >> >All that means is that you *hate.*
> >>
> >> To an idiot
> >
> > Ah, yes - when faced with an argument you cannot address - you call
> > names.
>
> OK, so you think that name calling is not a good way to
> argue a point, I see...

Actually, it's not a good way to do much of anything, IMO.

> >Intellectually inferior.
> >
> OOOHH, the irony is so good!

Not really. See, it's not really namecalling to tell a hard truth.
Impolitic, or maybe rude, but not namecalling. HTH.

> that was funny, thanks, were you trying to make a joke?

You need to look up the word "irony" in your dictionary.

E.P.

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Bernard Farquart wrote:

> > "Intellectually inferior" isn't namecalling. It's a judgement. If
> > whoever said it can back it up or at least present a persuasive case
> > with evidence, there's no irony or joke. "You're an idiot!", on the
> > other hand, is namecalling no matter how you slice it.

> What if the person is really really stupid, could it be consructive
> criticism?

Well...no, because "idiot" is no longer synonymous with "really really
stupid". Its only present meaning is as an insult.

"James C. Reeves" > in
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> The liberals say they side with the little guy though. Clearly where
> the rubber meets the road, that isn't so!

btw, there aren't any liberal supreme court justices. i think thurgood marshal was the last, quit in 1991
William Brennan in 1990

could google that...

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"Bernard Farquart" > in :

> Funny, I was saying that the conservatives are "supposed" to
> be for small government and less intrusion into our personal lives,

those are libertarians. cons just blather what sells, with forked tongues


> I have seen quite the opposite in my life however.

of course.

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"Part_Time_Troll" > wrote in message

time to quit your day job