[Phys-L] Re: judge rejects i.d. in PA case

[Bernard Cleyet <anngeorg@PACBELL.NET>]

and I read too casually JM (sorry) -- I think the worst crime is
political assassinations -- it is truly a crime against the (many)
people; a case where "The people vs. X. X." has meaning.

Even in my rants, I don't condone assassination of W.

bc, who, at first, thought the claim of irony might be an ad hominem tu
quoque.

John Denker wrote:

> Bernard Cleyet wrote:
>
> > I think JD missed my point.
>
>
> Yes, it appears I diametrically misinterpreted what BC was saying.  Sorry.
>
> I still object to the phrase
>  >   loath to make a moral judgment
> as being -- at best -- alarmingly open to misinterpretation.
>
> Morals and judgement are good things.
>
> I think we can agree on some other phrasing.  Perhaps something like this:
>    One should not use formulaic proverbs in place of moral judgement.
>
> ============
>
> Getting back to the nominal subject of this thread:  It is (as the
> judge noted) the height of irony when people who profess to take
> a literal, formulaic, fundamentalist approach to their morality
> find it necessary to bear false witness to support their position.
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