dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Paul DuBois) (10/22/84)
> [Ken Perlow] > What exactly do you worship, David, stupidity? Judges are supposed > to make decisions based on law and legal precedent. I'd hope that > even the most devout of them leaves his or her religious doctrine > outside the courtroom. But I'll take your word for it, Dave, about > religious fanatics, since you obviously have first-hand knowledge. Interesting statement about law and legal precedent. Where does law come from? Where did OUR laws come from? The Baghavad-gita? -- Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois "Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church, and gave himself for it." Ephesians 5:25 Would you die for your wife?
ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow) (10/25/84)
-- [I said] > What exactly do you worship, David, stupidity? Judges are supposed > to make decisions based on law and legal precedent. I'd hope that > even the most devout of them leaves his or her religious doctrine > outside the courtroom. But I'll take your word for it, Dave, about > religious fanatics, since you obviously have first-hand knowledge. >> Interesting statement about law and legal precedent. Where does >> law come from? Where did OUR laws come from? The Baghavad-gita? >> -- >> Paul DuBois You mean our tradition of English common law? From the Celts and the Romans, probably. "Jesus may have died for your sins, but he didn't die for mine." --Patti Smith -- *** *** JE MAINTIENDRAI ***** ***** ****** ****** 24 Oct 84 [3 Brumaire An CXCIII] ken perlow ***** ***** (312)979-7188 ** ** ** ** ..ihnp4!ihuxq!ken *** ***
rob@ptsfa.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) (10/26/84)
> -- > [I said] > > What exactly do you worship, David, stupidity? Judges are supposed > > to make decisions based on law and legal precedent. I'd hope that > > even the most devout of them leaves his or her religious doctrine > > outside the courtroom. But I'll take your word for it, Dave, about > > religious fanatics, since you obviously have first-hand knowledge. > > >> Interesting statement about law and legal precedent. Where does > >> law come from? Where did OUR laws come from? The Baghavad-gita? > >> -- > >> Paul DuBois > Although LAWS may be INSPIRED by personal values including religious values, JUDICIAL DECISIONS are not (or ought not be) MADE on the basis of personal values. -- Rob Bernardo, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, California {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!pbauae!rob
dmcanzi@watdcsu.UUCP (David Canzi) (10/29/84)
> > [Ken Perlow] > > What exactly do you worship, David, stupidity? Judges are supposed > > to make decisions based on law and legal precedent. I'd hope that > > even the most devout of them leaves his or her religious doctrine > > outside the courtroom. But I'll take your word for it, Dave, about > > religious fanatics, since you obviously have first-hand knowledge. > > Interesting statement about law and legal precedent. Where does > law come from? Where did OUR laws come from? The Baghavad-gita? > -- > Paul DuBois {allegra,ihnp4,seismo}!uwvax!uwmacc!dubois Law comes from government. OUR law comes from OUR government. Somehow, though, I suspect you had some *other* answer in mind. David Canzi