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To: tpaine

I don't disagree with what he said. It's the opposite side of the coin, though. Due Process cuts both ways.

You have the exclusive right to your property until Due Process tells you that you don't.

And ONCE AGAIN, I never said that the government has the right to prohibit machine guns.


278 posted on 07/27/2006 5:10:57 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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To: Dog Gone
And ONCE AGAIN, I never said that the government has the right to prohibit machine guns.

And once again I'll quote historian Paul Johnson, who said:

"-- Beware of those who seek to win an argument at the expense of the language.
For the fact that they do so is proof positive that their argument is false, and proof presumptive that they know it is. ...
Those who treasure the meaning of words, will treasure truth, and those who bend words to their purposes are very likely in pursuit of anti-social ones.
The correct and honorable use of words is the first and natural credential of civilized status."

280 posted on 07/27/2006 5:17:47 PM PDT by tpaine
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