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In article <25372@oasys.dt.navy.mil> mulvihil@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Lawrence Mulvihill) writes:
>In dc.general, dougnews@access.digex.com (Doug Humphrey) writes:
>>
>>This is absolutely incorrect, though often stated.  They
>>had great respect for a just law, but they held that an
>>unjust law should be opposed.  
>
>What I said is Not *"absolutely"* incorrect. You 
>stated that they had respect for *just* law.  That 
>qualifies the statement, thus removing any claim
>to being absolute.  Respect for just law allows
>personal interpretation, therefore it is not respect
>for the law.  It is only respect for those laws that
>happen to coincide with the individuals judgement
>as "just".

Yes, yes, but the english lesson put to the side, the 
issue for the colonials was not a matter of disrespect 
for law; it was a matter of non-respresentation.

To compare the district with their situation is fair,
but it is fair because they are both situations of 
non-representation, not because they are situations of
disrespect for the law.

>>>Recall the Boston Tea Party (vandalism, theft),  taring
>>>and feathering (assault), and armed rebellion against
>>>the government!  A little crack looks like a very trivial
>>>think against that backdrop, speaking in terms of
>>>respect for law that is.
>>
>>In any case, the whole Barry question should be, why do the
>>people support this guy?
>
>Perhaps one reason might be that it is one way of giving the
>finger to those who consistently use their tax money, use
>their fathers and mothers as soldiers, and continue to
>deny them the rights of other Americans.  It can be
>said with justification that those who voted for Barry
>have more respect for the law than those who committed
>illegal acts under the British.  

But I asked, why Mr. Barry?  There are certainly others
running for office who share his desire for equal 
representation, but are not convicted drug users, and are
not people who will speak at a school to children about the
evils of drug use, and then show up on the eleven o'clock 
news smoking crack.


Doug
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