St. Paul called it a curse and a cradle of sin. What did Aristotle say?
St. Paul called it a curse and a cradle of sin. What did Aristotle say?
IIRC, that the laws should be few and unambiguous.
Thanks. Do you recall where he said it, by any chance?
(might look it up someday)
Am looking for it myself. Entirely possible that I mis-attributed it to him, so I will enter an apology in advance.
Maybe I got drunk and read some Bastiat.
The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ~Frank Zappa
The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws. ~Tacitus
http://www.quotegarden.com/justice.html
Eh, I don't think that sort of scenario could exist in any country as large as ours. If it were the case, there would just be a whole ton of court precedents to follow instead of laws.
Still, we don't have a law for every precise situation.
Though the Congress has attempted to do so.
I'm glad that this thread is sufficiently boring.
Boredom is significantly underrated.
Without a doubt. Will it last?
(burps)
Last edited by Winehole23; 02-25-2011 at 04:43 AM.
With respect to your question, one must as ever beware the vanity of thinking we do/do not live in momentous times.
20 years, 200 years...what's the diff?
We need to get over ourselves in a hurry.
Well, WH, the times may or may not be momentous. But they are sure as interesting.
And I'm still pissed at the Chinese guy that said 'May you live in interesting times."
Me? I'm old enough to be ready for a little boredom.
So it would seem, but these are very hard to create from scratch where they are not already strongly in evidence.
Preferably both, but that's well put.
it, I just started reading The Politics anyway. Thanks for the misattribution.![]()
It's still worth trying though. You can't win if you don't play.So it would seem, but these are very hard to create from scratch where they are not already strongly in evidence.
(faking it til he makes it)
There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)