Pay no attention to those lights on the dash, and the strange noises. Just keep going. It doesn't fail, until you know it's going to fail. What you don't know, can't hurt you.
Posted on 06/22/2006 3:46:06 PM PDT by NYer
This is true. If she said she'd stick to their script, then changed her mind, that's not lying. It would however mean that she failed to keep her word. Even if she failed to keep her word, which in this instance would be understandable, it doesn't negate the fact that the school was wrong, on many levels.
Agreed.
I wondered why the scarecrow was looking so haggard.
"Even if she said it, it isn't a lie to change one's mind. "
I visit Frankenstein's office every day.
How many times HAS that happened where a speaker has "changed" his/her mind suddenly and has spoken about something else? I would say too many to count.
"You disagree with the content of the post but instead of expressing the disagreement you make a lame attempt to ridicule me. My response was perhaps too tempered."
I "make a lame attempt to 'ridicule' you." You said F-U.
I think there's a difference there.
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It is not a moral failing to change one's mind and to decline to honor an unjust demand. This is a demand that neither the school nor the ACLU was morally justified in making. Their position is rendered more untenable by the element of coercion they brought to it.
For similar reasons there are, in the law, certain agreements the law simply will not grant the dignity of being called a contract, and will not enforce. This is such an agreement.
Interesting post.
Oops. I missed one. Make that 5,847,498,657,269,104,388.
5,847,498,657,269,104,387
Oh crap, I forgot you had that golf counter handy!
Oops. I missed one. Make that 5,847,498,657,269,104,388.
(Are you sure you aren't posting my golf score???)
"Their position is rendered more untenable by the element of coercion they brought to it."
Or it was just plain stupid.
Oh wait. I think that's the mileage on my car. Nevermind!
Oh wait. I think that's the mileage on my car. Nevermind!
THAT'S a GOOD THING!! What's your secret?
No, I think that was the diameter of my ever-expanding spare tire.
That's what it all boils down to. Whether she agreed to it or not is irrelevant. Even if she agreed to it, knowing full well that she was lying at the time, this is a demand that neither the school nor the ACLU was morally justified in making.
I don't believe she lied. I don't believe she agreed to their script. But it makes no difference one way or the other. The fact remains, it was an unreasonable (not to mention unconstitutional) demand.
Pay no attention to those lights on the dash, and the strange noises. Just keep going. It doesn't fail, until you know it's going to fail. What you don't know, can't hurt you.
Durned alien technology I think. You were the lurker around the X-files, weren't you!!? Be careful, you could be wanted for Mulder.
I'm in
I didn't say F-U. I asked you if you could spell it. Too bad you, with that sense of humor you're so proud of, missed that.
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