[PLUG-TALK] Fair Use, etc.
J.A. Henshaw
jeff at jhenshaw.com
Thu Mar 28 01:00:44 UTC 2002
Russ Johnson wrote:
> I'm prefacing this with the following statement: I am NOT in any way,
> advocating either gun control or gun ownership. I don't own a gun, and I
> don't intend to, but you may. It's not my call.
Whose call is it, in your opinion?
>
> On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 15:54, J.A. Henshaw wrote:
>
>>"well regulated militia"
>>
>
> Let's dissect that term, shall we?
>
> "well". Assuming the adverb. Means; justly, rightly, expertly,
> satisfactorily, and a couple of other adverbs.
>
> "regulated". Inflected form of regulate. Regulate is "to govern or
> direct according to rule".
>
> "militia". The noun can mean a part of the organized armed forces, a
> body of citizens organized for military service or the whole body of
> able-bodied male citizens declared by law as being subject to call to
> military service.
>
> So, the long version of "well regulated militia" could be, "expertly
> directed, according to rules, part of the organized armed forces of the
> United States".
>
> Or, it could mean; "justly governed, able-bodied male citizens of the
> United States, declared by law as being subject to military service."
>
> In every instance, militia deals with being part of the military, either
> that of the states, or the country as a whole.
>
>
This is a well hashed argument and I won't take the time to
correct you.
I would however sugggest that you read the notes to the
constitutional convention and then read what you wrote again.
>>and their use of the word "regulated" in
>>that sentence were a problem for those who oppose private
>>firearm ownership and state militias being composed of all
>>able-bodeied males 18 and over, rather than the corporate
>>US National Guard.
>>
>
> Corporate? How? It's run and paid for by the State government.
>
Also a corporation.
Now what?
>
>>So if they leave out the 200 year old definition and
>>subsitute a NewSpeak version, I think we can safely believe
>>they must have had some purpose for doing so.
>>
>
> What is the "200 year old definition"?
>
>
>>Who else is responsible for the perceived shift in the
>>meanings of words?
>>
>>Mass Media?
>>
>
> Yes. See "Hacker".
Now that you have taken the bait, let's talk about who
controls mass media, shall we?
>
>
>>Paranoid is when you see conspiracies against yourself
>>personally, which do not exist.
>>
>
> No, paranoid is characterized by suspiciousness, persecutory trends, or
> megalomania. It has nothing to do with whether they exist or not. Only
> that you think they do. They may not... But then again, they may.
>
>
You make no sense to me.
Are you saying that anyone who reads the constitution is
paranoid?
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