tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post2862598165665739274..comments2023-06-15T09:13:45.467-04:00Comments on Liberty's Torch: A Disquisition No One Should NeedFrancis W. Porrettohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05862584203772592282noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-47799728396322641042013-02-26T15:33:44.651-05:002013-02-26T15:33:44.651-05:00Seidelman is a special kind of stupid. Not only s...Seidelman is a special kind of stupid. Not only should he be beaten for his willingness to surrender the protections of law to an executive completely incapable of respecting its limitations, his teaching credentials need to be yanked and his career wrecked as an example to succeeding generations.<br /><br />His piece in the NYT a month or so ago wasn't even entertaining to dismantle, but I did it anyway, if only to embarass him as much as he embarrasses my tribe.Blackiswhite, Imperial Consiglierehttp://www.threesurethingsoflife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-89132012282271287582013-02-26T14:06:20.570-05:002013-02-26T14:06:20.570-05:00Outstanding post Francis. Thank you for your clar...Outstanding post Francis. Thank you for your clarity and logic.<br /><br />CKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-52876206423703810312013-02-26T10:50:44.817-05:002013-02-26T10:50:44.817-05:00"There are persons who claim it 'makes no..."There are persons who claim it 'makes no sense' to have a fixed Supreme Law; There are persons who claim 'changing times' make a Supreme Law impossible; And there are persons who find the constraints of a Supreme Law too chafing to bear."<br /><br />To the former two groups, I would point out that these objections were anticipated, and the codifying document of America's supreme law contains within itself precise instructions for not one but _two_ methods of lawfully modifying that law by amendment. If the authors erred in any respect (it is indisputable that they did in a few, and could reasonably be argued that some errors remain uncorrected...while some choices which _have_ been "corrected" have turned out not to have been so erroneous after all), then subsequent evidence regarding the incentives and constraints on collective human behavior can be factored in to make whatever changes are necessary.<br /><br />To the third group, the only proper response is gunfire.lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6557458849091969678.post-85460259448917786312013-02-26T10:14:06.226-05:002013-02-26T10:14:06.226-05:00Something here about the bad faith intent of such ...Something here about the bad faith intent of such as Seidman being functionally equivalent to treason, but the clarity of phrasing isn't coming.<br /><br />MMark Philip Algerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09595406476619940294noreply@blogger.com