Comments on: Prof. Stone Backtracks — Without Admitting It http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/ Harangues that just make sense Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sam http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261463 Sam Thu, 26 Apr 2007 22:13:25 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261463 Well, I'd like to think about it, Kevin, but I'm a complete idiot and can't. :) Well, I’d like to think about it, Kevin, but I’m a complete idiot and can’t. :)

]]> By: Kevin http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261391 Kevin Thu, 26 Apr 2007 06:59:50 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261391 Some people are complete idiots, don't you think? Update:The point of my comment was to pose the question and to invite people to think about it. Some people are complete idiots, don’t you think?

Update:The point of my comment was to pose the question and to invite people to think about it.

]]> By: Taltos http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261381 Taltos Thu, 26 Apr 2007 05:23:41 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261381 <i>His word mean what he intends them to mean, nothing more, nothing less.</i> I hope that was a joke of some sort. Language only works when both participants agree on the rules. It's hardly a stretch to assume the prof. pretends to speaking english and is therefore bound by the rules of english. In short, what he says means what he says. His word mean what he intends them to mean, nothing more, nothing less.

I hope that was a joke of some sort.

Language only works when both participants agree on the rules. It’s hardly a stretch to assume the prof. pretends to speaking english and is therefore bound by the rules of english.

In short, what he says means what he says.

]]> By: Ray G http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261371 Ray G Thu, 26 Apr 2007 03:40:24 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261371 Prof. Stone: <i>and it is certainly not appropriate for the state or the justices to resolve it on the basis of one’s personal religious faith.</i> Nor is it appropriate for the state or the justices to resolve any question on the basis of one's personal prejudices; whether they be prejudice against religion, Christianity in particular, or any related beliefs such as regarding the rather horrendous procedure of a partial birth abortion as a mere religious topic. Prof. Stone:
and it is certainly not appropriate for the state or the justices to resolve it on the basis of one’s personal religious faith.

Nor is it appropriate for the state or the justices to resolve any question on the basis of one’s personal prejudices; whether they be prejudice against religion, Christianity in particular, or any related beliefs such as regarding the rather horrendous procedure of a partial birth abortion as a mere religious topic.

]]> By: Another Drew http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261364 Another Drew Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:59:56 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261364 Well, if you don't have a Bible Thumper (RW Christian Fundamentalist) to jump on, you can always try to skewer a Mackeral Snapper (Roman Catholic)! Ain't being a Progressive grand? Well, if you don’t have a Bible Thumper (RW Christian Fundamentalist) to jump on, you can always try to skewer a Mackeral Snapper (Roman Catholic)!

Ain’t being a Progressive grand?

]]> By: assistant devil's advocate http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261363 assistant devil's advocate Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:47:30 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261363 professor stone sounds like a liar and a pussy for backing away from such a defensible position in such a disingenuous manner. professor stone sounds like a liar and a pussy for backing away from such a defensible position in such a disingenuous manner.

]]> By: nk http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261361 nk Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:44:20 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261361 <a href="http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/stone-g" title="" rel="nofollow"><b>It seems that he has never practiced law</b></a>. I feel sorry for his students. My Constitutional Law professor was a regional director of the ACLU. My Civil Procedure professor faced lynching in the South alongside Thurgood Marshall. Ignore him, Patterico. He's not worth your time. It seems that he has never practiced law. I feel sorry for his students. My Constitutional Law professor was a regional director of the ACLU. My Civil Procedure professor faced lynching in the South alongside Thurgood Marshall. Ignore him, Patterico. He’s not worth your time.

]]> By: Curtiss http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261358 Curtiss Thu, 26 Apr 2007 02:41:55 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261358 His word mean what he intends them to mean, nothing more, nothing less. His word mean what he intends them to mean, nothing more, nothing less.

]]> By: Bill M http://www.patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261351 Bill M Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:42:33 +0000 http://patterico.com/2007/04/25/prof-stone-backtracks-without-admitting-it/#comment-261351 The good professor has perhaps been sniffing too many <i>emmanations from the penumbras.</i> The good professor has perhaps been sniffing too many emmanations from the penumbras.

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