Sean Donelan wrote:
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, blitz wrote:
If it is, it reveals how utterly clueless our legislators really are.... At 15:09 3/28/03 +0100, you wrote:
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=8595 Uhm, I don't think you can blame the legislators for this one. Almost identical legislation being introduced in six different states? I suspect an outside influence was involved in drafting the proposed legislation.
Now, -that's- using your noodle. With just a little investigative work, we should be able to find out which of the "Righteous Vigilante Right" was running around championing this concept.... Usually, you find someone who is a member of a politically active group, perhaps a church group, or lobbying group, who has a child, and walked in upon him/her opening up a pornographic spam.... And then, with tears streaming from their eyes, knowing their "innocent darling Pat" has been corrupted, and -damned- for all eternity... They become determined to lead us all to the "One True Path" of righteousness... The Universal WorldWide Creation of "Pat's Law". (Pause for Hysterical Sobbing for the Now Damned soul) (Que: Triumphant Angelic Music) With Such bogus Rhetoric as their foundation, as: "You want our children to be -=safe=-, don't you ?" (Scratch Record, stop music abruptly!) Most people are dumbfounded when encountering such Rhetoric... for some reason, they can't seperate the answer to the logical trap posed in the wording that they have stepped into, from the -=real=- answer to the problem.... Most people internally cognate the answer "Yes" to the above question, and then can't understand why they find themselves agreeing with the RVR's proselytizer.... * dohh * I.E: "Do you beat your wife, often ?!" :* The real way to combat such morally reprehensible manipulation of logic of the verbal exchange is to identify the underlying fallacy. So, instead of "Yes", answer: "Of course we do, Schmuck, that is why we oppose such a negligent abuse of power and the subsequent creation of ludicrous laws... by emotionally blinded idiots, such as yourself... and seek a -real- solution, instead of attempting to "legislate" something you simply don't understand, ineffectively." Yup. Find the Fallacy, and soon one understands why the RVR's really should seek -=therapy=-, not political office. So, in conclusion: "You want to be Safe -and- Free, don't you ?" :P .Richard. Historical Quote: "Any resemblance between this post, and current political practices, are purely intentional." =====> So, has Babylon Fallen, Yet ? ;)