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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (14768)	11/13/1998 12:39:00 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

<<Legal principles oughtta be enough. Imho Mr. Clinton is placed in sufficient jeopardy of impeachment by simply applying the code of secular law, i.e. punishing perjury. We can do this without becoming a masked theocracy.>> It might benefit you to have someone who is an expert, trace "legal principles to a source." The basis of your stand on this is pretty shakey. The jurisprudence of our justice system is a fine thing, maybe ideal in fact; and has a definite, deliberate and strong link to moral order.

To: Jacques Chitte who wrote (14768)	11/13/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: sea_biscuit	Respond to of 67261

Yes, legal principles ought to be enough. We really don't need Bill Bennett and his best-selling pieties to deal with things here, do we?!. Also Clinton could be tried as a common citizen in a court of law after his Presidency is over. But neither of these is acceptable to the "moral police" and the zealots of the Religious Right. Your observations about the dangers of becoming a "masked theocracy" are very valid. By themselves, religion and politics can both be enriching and fulfilling. But together, they can form an explosive combination. I was just talking to a friend from India who was saying that the trend in his country is the same -- the ruling party is hell-bent on imposing the "values" of the majority Hindu religion on everybody else. Dipy.