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Re: Janus
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[ QUOTE ] [Here's] Webster: an act or the commission of an act that is forbidden or the omission of a duty that is commanded by a public law and that makes the offender liable to punishment by that law. [/ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Surely you have something more compelling than "boo hoo the 5th definition of the 3rd synonym in this obscure dictionary I found says I'm right!!!" Get over it. [/ QUOTE ] Both quotes are from the same poster. 1 2 [/ QUOTE ] Oh please. He said that "crimes" and "illegal acts" were not the same thing. I looked up the definition of "crime" and the first definition clearly said that a crime was an illegal act. He retorts by saying "oh, look at the OTHER definition - it mentions morality! That means illegal acts are not crimes!" I'm clearly right here. Stop grasping at straws. |
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Oh please. He said that "crimes" and "illegal acts" were not the same thing. I looked up the definition of "crime" and the first definition clearly said that a crime was an illegal act. He retorts by saying "oh, look at the OTHER definition - it mentions morality! That means illegal acts are not crimes!" I'm clearly right here. Stop grasping at straws. [/ QUOTE ] One of you is using a definition of "crime" and "criminal" that makes Jews hiding from Nazis criminals and the Nazis gassing them to death not criminals, and the other is not. I know which definition I prefer. |
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One of you is using a definition of "crime" and "criminal" that makes Jews hiding from Nazis criminals and the Nazis gassing them to death not criminals, and the other is not. I know which definition I prefer. [/ QUOTE ] So a thread about imposing a realistic, fair system to ensure that most people who are incompetent to vote for a candidate for public office are eliminated, gets hijacked into a "drugs should be legal" thread, turns into a nit-picking of words, and now we have someone whining about Nazis and changing the definitions of words to whatever is most convenient for him. Wow. Thread: RIP |
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Are you really that bad at following your own thread?
Oh, and by the way, this is priceless: [ QUOTE ] So a thread about imposing a realistic, fair system to ensure that most people who are incompetent to vote . . . are eliminated . . . [/ QUOTE ] |
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Oh, and by the way, this is priceless: [ QUOTE ] So a thread about imposing a realistic, fair system to ensure that most people who are incompetent to vote . . . are eliminated . . . [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] Yes, since I was obviously talking about killing them en masse. |
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He said that "crimes" and "illegal acts" were not the same thing. I looked up the definition of "crime" and the first definition clearly said that a crime was an illegal act. He retorts by saying "oh, look at the OTHER definition - it mentions morality! That means illegal acts are not crimes!" I'm clearly right here. Stop grasping at straws. [/ QUOTE ] Yes, because the only "correct" definition of a word is the one that fits your personal desire. Do you believe that legislators, no matter how they come into power, are infallible? |
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Yes, because the only "correct" definition of a word is the one that fits your personal desire. [/ QUOTE ] Not all things that are crimes should be crimes; however, by definition, they are. [ QUOTE ] Do you believe that legislators, no matter how they come into power, are infallible? [/ QUOTE ] No. What's that got to do with the basic, most commonly used definition of a word? |
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[ QUOTE ] Yes, because the only "correct" definition of a word is the one that fits your personal desire. [/ QUOTE ] Not all things that are crimes should be crimes; however, by definition, they are. [ QUOTE ] Do you believe that legislators, no matter how they come into power, are infallible? [/ QUOTE ] No. What's that got to do with the basic, most commonly used definition of a word? [/ QUOTE ] Because you're saying something is a crime if and only if it's illegal, and something is illegal if and only if it's a crime. That isomorphism would require legislation that is *always* "correct". |
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