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   Message 52,973 of 54,497   
   wy to Who   
   Re: Time for Mississippi to elect a new    
   17 Apr 13 23:46:59   
   
   c770a965   
   XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.usa.constitution.gun-rights,   
   talk.politics.guns   
   XPost: can.politics   
   From: wy_@myself.com   
      
   On 18 Apr, 02:36, "Scout"    
   wrote:   
   > "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > news:5467b72e-4c57-480c-ac82-0cca92664979@h1g2000vbx.googlegroups.com...   
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   > > On 18 Apr, 00:34, "Scout"    
   > > wrote:   
   > >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >>news:bbd6ebe0-24ef-40d5-b0c6-cf1ae0b930fb@a14g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...   
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   > >> > On 17 Apr, 22:09, "Scout"    
   > >> > wrote:   
   > >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >>news:3cf4b6d8-cd9d-4ee6-be02-f7dd6cfb60f6@x14g2000vba.goo   
   legroups.com...   
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   > >> >> > On 17 Apr, 20:21, "Scout"   
   > >> >> >    
   > >> >> > wrote:   
   > >> >> >> "wy"  wrote in message   
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   > >> >> >>news:bf21673f-27c1-4bcd-8076-a9a063ce05ae@y14g2000vbk.   
   ooglegroups.com...   
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   > >> >> >> > On 16 Apr, 22:37, "Scout"   
   > >> >> >> >    
   > >> >> >> > wrote:   
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   > >> >> >> >> >> If you don't wish to discuss it and consider the other side   
   > >> >> >> >> >> of   
   > >> >> >> >> >> the   
   > >> >> >> >> >> argument, that is your choice.  However, the Supreme Court   
   > >> >> >> >> >> has   
   > >> >> >> >> >> ruled,   
   > >> >> >> >> >> and, IMHO, gotten it right.   
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   > >> >> >> >> > Well, of course it's gotten it right for you because you're a   
   > >> >> >> >> > right   
   > >> >> >> >> > wingnut who's totally satisfied by a razor-thin partisan win   
   > >> >> >> >> > of   
   > >> >> >> >> > 5-4.   
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   > >> >> >> >> Oh, I'm sure he would have been happier with a 9-0 win, but in   
   > >> >> >> >> any   
   > >> >> >> >> event   
   > >> >> >> >> is   
   > >> >> >> >> was a win.   
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   > >> >> >> >> > But a partisan ruling in and of itself is not a valid ruling.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> Sure, but can you show us it was a partisan ruling in and of   
   > >> >> >> >> itself?   
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   > >> >> >> >> I don't think you can.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> > Hmm.  5 right wingnut judges vote one way and 4 left wingers vote   
   > >> >> >> > the   
   > >> >> >> > other way.  How is that not partisan?   
   >   
   > >> >> >> So you can't show the ruling was partisan in and of itself.   
   >   
   > >> >> > I see you couldn't answer the question that gave you the opportunity   
   > >> >> > to prove that it wasn't partisan, so I guess I must be right that it   
   > >> >> > was.  Thanks.  I knew it all along.   
   >   
   > >> >> Nope, because you didn't show it that it was decided as it was only   
   > >> >> because   
   > >> >> of partisanship. Simply asserting it isn't PROOF.   
   >   
   > >> >> And I will note you still haven't been able to show the ruling was   
   > >> >> partisan   
   > >> >> in and of itself.   
   >   
   > >> > And you're still failing to prove otherwise.  I win.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> >  If the   
   > >> >> >> >> > same make up of the court of 5 conservatives and 4 liberals   
   > >> >> >> >> > had 2   
   > >> >> >> >> > liberals and 3 conservatives voting in favor for the same 5-4   
   > >> >> >> >> > result,   
   > >> >> >> >> > then that could be viewed as a more objective opinion because   
   > >> >> >> >> > it'd   
   > >> >> >> >> > be   
   > >> >> >> >> > based on a certain common ground agreed upon by both sides, it   
   > >> >> >> >> > would   
   > >> >> >> >> > cross the spectrum of views and not be restricted to just one   
   > >> >> >> >> > view.   
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   > >> >> >> >> I see....so your complaint isn't that they got it wrong.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> Your complaint is that you don't view the court as being   
   > >> >> >> >> objective.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> Well, I can't help you with how you view the world. For that,   
   > >> >> >> >> you're   
   > >> >> >> >> on   
   > >> >> >> >> your   
   > >> >> >> >> own.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> > If the court isn't objective, then the likelihood of being wrong   
   > >> >> >> > follows.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> Ah, but simply saying there is a likelihood neither establishes   
   > >> >> >> that   
   > >> >> >> there   
   > >> >> >> is, or that it occurred in this case.   
   >   
   > >> >> > You're accused of killing someone.   
   >   
   > >> >> Really? I am?   
   >   
   > >> >> Who exactly an I suppose to have killed?   
   >   
   > >> >> > Then you're at court before 9   
   > >> >> > judges. 5 judges are avowed believers in the death penalty, 4 don't   
   > >> >> > care for it much.  You explain your story to counter what are the   
   > >> >> > prosecution's litany of circumstantial evidence against you.   
   >   
   > >> >> You really don't understand how SCOTUS works, do you?   
   >   
   > >> >> Tell you what, when you can find an ACTUAL case that does what you   
   > >> >> claim,   
   > >> >> then we can talk. I'm not interested in your FICTIONAL cases.   
   >   
   > >> >>    
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   > >> > I knew you'd answer wrong and so I also knew you'd simply not even try   
   > >> > at all just so as to avoid answering wrong.  Thanks for not playing   
   > >> > along, but I win.   
   >   
   > >> You think that because you can propose a fantasy in which your views   
   > >> somehow   
   > >> become relevant that has any bearing on reality?   
   >   
   > > In your case, no.  You don't reside in reality to be able to   
   > > intellectually engage in any discourse that challenges you to think   
   > > beyond your total blindness and mental vacuousness.   
   >   
   > And yet who is turning to insults rather than discussion?   
      
   Who says you're discussing anything?   
      
   >   
   > Oh, that would be you. Maybe your rant is more about yourself than it is   
   > about me.   
      
   In your backwards, upside down, cock-eyed koo koo universe, I suppose   
   it is.   
      
      
      
   > >> Ok....you won in your fantasy. Does that make you happy?   
   >   
   > >> Meanwhile back in reality, you're flopping around like a fish out of   
   > >> water.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> So....still looks like your only complaint is the matter of how you   
   > >> >> >> view   
   > >> >> >> it.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> > There is no common ground in how the SC has ruled on gun   
   > >> >> >> >> > issues,   
   > >> >> >> >> > especially with the right dominating the bench, if only by 1   
   > >> >> >> >> > vote,   
   > >> >> >> >> > and   
   > >> >> >> >> > voting in unison on it.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> >> I agree, we need to get rid of those 4 on the Supreme Court that   
   > >> >> >> >> don't   
   > >> >> >> >> seem   
   > >> >> >> >> to understand what the 2nd Amendment means.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> > Proving my point of partisanship, especially when you side with   
   > >> >> >> > the   
   > >> >> >> > other 5 on a partisan basis.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> No, 4 Justices clearly don't understand the 2nd Amendment. It's   
   > >> >> >> meaning,   
   > >> >> >> intent and history.   
   >   
   > >> >> >> You tell us that a 5-4 vote on this issue wasn't right and it   
   > >> >> >> should   
   > >> >> >> have   
   > >> >> >> been far more one sided.....   
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