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Bobbie Sellers
Feb 19, 2024, 7:09:01 PM2/19/24
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Hi typers and readers,
Recently some individuals have suggested that political discussion
achieves nothing.
To refute that nihilistic POV I have decided to list some
political discussions that have achieved something.
1700s in the British Colonies of North America political
discussion achieved Independence from the British Empire. It
was not for democratic ends but in order to escape the BE ban on
the Westward expansion of the Colonies.
1789 discussion of changes to the Articles of the Confederacy
which were the weak agreement between the freshly freed states of the
USA resulted in the US Constitution. It has serious compromises and
even the the Bill of Rights was not clearly written so that we have
the confusion of the laws on firearms.
And to jump forward a couple of centuries, political discussion
by the homosexual population in California helped achieve the legality
of consensual sexual behavior between adults.*
And a few decades later political discussion achieved the legalization
for medical use of cannabis in California. And a
short time later it achived the legalization of cannabis for
recreational use.*
In 2019 and a bit earlier Political Discussion resulted in the
defeat of a great internal enemy of Democracy in the USA in 2020.*
So I leave out the rest of the world where political discussion
has achieved triumphs and glaring failures due to unrealistic ideas.
* I participated or helped in a strictly unimportant way.
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2024.02- Linux 6.6.17-Plasma 5.27.10
Recently some individuals have suggested that political discussion
achieves nothing.
To refute that nihilistic POV I have decided to list some
political discussions that have achieved something.
1700s in the British Colonies of North America political
discussion achieved Independence from the British Empire. It
was not for democratic ends but in order to escape the BE ban on
the Westward expansion of the Colonies.
1789 discussion of changes to the Articles of the Confederacy
which were the weak agreement between the freshly freed states of the
USA resulted in the US Constitution. It has serious compromises and
even the the Bill of Rights was not clearly written so that we have
the confusion of the laws on firearms.
And to jump forward a couple of centuries, political discussion
by the homosexual population in California helped achieve the legality
of consensual sexual behavior between adults.*
And a few decades later political discussion achieved the legalization
for medical use of cannabis in California. And a
short time later it achived the legalization of cannabis for
recreational use.*
In 2019 and a bit earlier Political Discussion resulted in the
defeat of a great internal enemy of Democracy in the USA in 2020.*
So I leave out the rest of the world where political discussion
has achieved triumphs and glaring failures due to unrealistic ideas.
* I participated or helped in a strictly unimportant way.
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2024.02- Linux 6.6.17-Plasma 5.27.10
Adam H. Kerman
Feb 19, 2024, 9:14:43 PM2/19/24
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Bobbie Sellers <blissInSa...@mouse-potato.com> wrote:
>Hi typers and readers,
> Recently some individuals have suggested that political discussion
>achieves nothing.
I thought that was YOUR political discussion.
>Hi typers and readers,
> Recently some individuals have suggested that political discussion
>achieves nothing.
>. . .
immibis
Feb 19, 2024, 10:29:49 PM2/19/24
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Bobbie Sellers
Feb 20, 2024, 1:07:56 AM2/20/24
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If an insult to my personal political discussion was intended it was
wasted as i am too stupid to take what people who only read what I
type on Usenet serioously. To insult what I am typing about is
rather pointless, IMHO.
bliss
Jim Jackson
Feb 20, 2024, 6:55:54 AM2/20/24
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other people involved! Which it often is. But some people are obviously
more literal minded.
The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning
Feb 21, 2024, 10:16:59 PM2/21/24
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AHK is just like that Bobbie.
Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
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Some people don't like multiline signatures. I kindly request that they
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The servers are more powerful, have more storage, and have faster uplinks
in even the worst cases. Long sigs can't hurt you anymore.
Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
As of Mon, 19 Feb 2024 22:07:53 -0800, in message
366f0271-0b57-4d30...@dslextreme.com, Bobbie Sellers
Lightning Bjornsson <drago...@chatspeed.net> - Member Switchposters
United for Justice - <https://spufj.trd.is./>
Some people don't like multiline signatures. I kindly request that they
keep their concerns in their own brains. Usenet isn't what it used to be.
The servers are more powerful, have more storage, and have faster uplinks
in even the worst cases. Long sigs can't hurt you anymore.
Blue-Maned_Hawk
Feb 22, 2024, 3:36:18 AM2/22/24
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The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning wrote:
> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
All forms of killfiling of individuals are a form of punitive criminal
> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
justice system and therefore always unethical.
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yeti
Feb 22, 2024, 4:37:51 AM2/22/24
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The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning <ze...@umbrellix.net> writes:
> AHK is just like that Bobbie.
>
> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
"Scorefile" sounds much nicer.
> AHK is just like that Bobbie.
>
> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
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The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning
Feb 22, 2024, 5:10:58 AM2/22/24
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Where'd that come from BMH? lmao
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pan$afda$bfb72789$e53850ff$aa4b...@invalid.invalid, Blue-Maned_Hawk
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<bluema...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning wrote:
>
>> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
>
> All forms of killfiling of individuals are a form of punitive criminal
> justice system and therefore always unethical.
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> The Bjornsdottirs - Lightning wrote:
>
>> Should be safe to killfile if ya like.
>
> All forms of killfiling of individuals are a form of punitive criminal
> justice system and therefore always unethical.
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