From: gts (gts_2000@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 17:39:09 MST
Lee Corbin wrote:
>> Sorry but "depends on circumstances" is not a clear answer.
>> I've already specified the circumstances in my thought
>> experiment. Would the Supreme Court decide? If so, based
>> on what criteria?
> I don't know what criteria the Supreme Court would use,
> and I don't really care.
You ought to care, Lee. You, after all, are the scientist/philosopher
who foisted this bizarre idea on the American public. You were the one
who asserted that delayed backups should be considered as having the
same identity as the deceased.
> Opinions will differ [blah blah blah]
Opinions will differ??! Yes, of course they will differ, but so what?
The observation that opinions will differ does not answer the question
of which opinion is correct. It does not answer the question of whether
the backup Senator is the same person as the Senator who died.
This statement of yours above, and the rest of your message, follow the
same evasive pattern. It appears, Lee, that you just don't want to own
up to the massive logical and political mess that you created when you
asserted that delayed backups have the same identity as the deceased.
-gts
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