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From: ken@ihuxq.UUCP (ken perlow)
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Subject: Re: Law and Legal Precedent
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Date: Thu, 25-Oct-84 00:59:55 EDT
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[I said]
> What exactly do you worship, David, stupidity?  Judges are supposed
> to make decisions based on law and legal precedent.  I'd hope that
> even the most devout of them leaves his or her religious doctrine
> outside the courtroom.  But I'll take your word for it, Dave, about
> religious fanatics, since you obviously have first-hand knowledge.

>> Interesting statement about law and legal precedent.  Where does
>> law come from?  Where did OUR laws come from?  The Baghavad-gita?
>> -- 
>> Paul DuBois

You mean our tradition of English common law?  From the Celts and
the Romans, probably.

"Jesus may have died for your sins, but he didn't die for mine."
 --Patti Smith
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