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- From: saal@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (samuel.saal)
- Subject: Re: ACLU/AJC Menorah Police?
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:32:54 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec29.133254.9299@cbnewsl.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Dec21.154347.12623@starbase <1992Dec22.160019.25426@starbase.trincoll.edu> <4748@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
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- In article <4748@copper.Denver.Colorado.EDU>
- aaldoubo@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Shaqeeqa) writes:
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- >In basic level political science courses, sovereignty is taught. And
- >that means that a nation (any nation) has the legitimate power to enact
- >whatever state system that it chooses. In the case of a religiously
- >based constitution, the social structure consists of the traditions,
- >values, and moral code of that society. There is indeed a definite
- >difference because the standards are higher, but that does not suggest
- >that those who choose not to abide by these ethics are not as
- >'enlightened' than the ones who live under a secular society.
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- What constitutes the "nation" that empowered Saddam Hussein and Hafez
- Assad?
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- Sam Saal kingfish!saal OR saal@kingfish.att.com
- Vayiftach HaShem et Peah Ha`Aton
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