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120 posted on 08/26/2009 3:27:14 PM PDT by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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You show a passage from a 18th-century book by a Swiss philosopher. What does that have to do with our laws?


147 posted on 08/26/2009 9:19:55 PM PDT by sugaree
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And yes, I recognize Vattel’s influence on modern politics and no, I’m not trying to downplay that. But seriously, basing a 21st century-American law on two sentences of a Swiss book from 17something or other?


148 posted on 08/26/2009 9:19:56 PM PDT by sugaree
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