irate (Dave LaCourse) wrote in
:

This whole political thread has gone to the ****s. I've hurt a lot of
people and in return have hurt by them and others, and for what? No
one is going to change the left's or the right's ideas. It's just
plain bull**** that we spend so much time hurting one another.
Dave

I don't know, Dave. This most recent discussion is going on civilly, for
the most part. And, I'm certainly learning about everybody here. Useful
stuff. It's al going into my book for when I have to lead the charge to
tear my party from the grasp of Howard Dean!!

Right now, we're just playing tag. For those who aren't following
closely, Ken never actually said he believed this Debka editorial
observation--he's just passing it along.

FWIW, I think its the fact that we can openly discuss issues like this
that makes this a pretty good place to live.

Also, never forget that polite but vigorous discourse like this is part
of my tradition. If you've never done so, pick up a Passover Hagadah
some day, and read endlessly about the endless discussions about the
interpretations of Gods works

For example:
Tradition says there were even more plagues than these. Rabbi Jose, the
Galilean, said: "How can one infer that the Egyptians were afflicted with
ten plagues in Egypt, and on the sea with fifty plagues? Concerning the
ten plagues in Egypt, it is said: 'And the magicians said to Pharaoh:
"This is the finger of God," but concerning the sea, it is said: 'And
Israel saw the mighty hand with which the Lord smote the Egyptians, and
the people feared the Lord, and believed in the Lord and his servant
Moses.' Now, if by the finger they were afflicted with ten plagues, one
can infer from this that in Egypt (where the word finger is used) they
were smitten with ten plagues, and at the sea (where the word hand is
used) they were smitten with fifty plagues."

You can't stop a guy who comes from a line of people like this from
arguing!

Scott