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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lane3 who wrote (72962)	8/21/2003 8:02:41 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 82486

You can get arrested for not showing up to the courtroom where the 10 commandments are. So it's not like you can avoid them.

To: Lane3 who wrote (72962)	8/22/2003 12:24:37 AM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 82486

But both the sign on the fountain and the plaque in the courthouse send a message from the majority to the minority that the will of the majority prevails. Come now, Karen. I don't want to accuse you of hyperventilating, but . . . First of all, as to the pedestal, we don't know that it's the will of the majority that it be there. Right not, it's the will of one man and perhas a hundred supporters. Some majority! Second, by the same token every single decision at the courthouse could be taken the same way if you wanted to. The fur lining on the robes of the justices could be taken as proof by PETA members that the will of the majority prevails to promote the slaughter of innocent animals. Not prohibiting perfume wearing by courthouse employees could be interpreted by those who are fragrance sensitive that the will of the majority to inflict pain on them prevails. And on, and on, and on. You really are reading a huge amount into one work of art, or artifact if you don't like the term art applied to the pedestal.