Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1 (fwd)
Thanks for the clarification, Mine, I'll bear it in mind. Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:54 AM Subject: [PEN-L:19914] Re: Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1 (fwd) Mark, I would never put blacks, Indians, women and hispanics in the same equation with bankers. they are the victim, not the oppresssor.. Mine discrete and insular minorities protected by the "C" were/are who exactly? Blacks? American Indians? Women? Hispanics? Bankers? Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The comments about Jefferson and the Constitution are almost too silly to discuss. J was no great fan of the C, which he did not sign precisely because of its comparative conservatism, And as for the anti-majoritarainsim od the C, and especially the Bill of Rights, is that such a bad thing? Some people might think that it is the anti-majoritarianism of the C that is precisely its glory, in providing a defense against majoritarianian oppression. --jks Oh yes, the propertied minority needs vigorous protection against the masses. Just ask Madison, Federalist #10. Doug
Re: Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1 (fwd)
Mark, I would never put blacks, Indians, women and hispanics in the same equation with bankers. they are the victim, not the oppresssor.. Mine discrete and insular minorities protected by the "C" were/are who exactly? Blacks? American Indians? Women? Hispanics? Bankers? Mark Jones http://www.egroups.com/group/CrashList [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The comments about Jefferson and the Constitution are almost too silly to discuss. J was no great fan of the C, which he did not sign precisely because of its comparative conservatism, And as for the anti-majoritarainsim od the C, and especially the Bill of Rights, is that such a bad thing? Some people might think that it is the anti-majoritarianism of the C that is precisely its glory, in providing a defense against majoritarianian oppression. --jks Oh yes, the propertied minority needs vigorous protection against the masses. Just ask Madison, Federalist #10. Doug
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1 (fwd)
In a message dated 6/5/00 7:54:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark, I would never put blacks, Indians, women and hispanics in the same equation with bankers. they are the victim, not the oppresssor.. Mine Mine, you really are irony proof. Go syeep yourself in Marx as a rhetorician. Irony was his gavorite mode, after sarcasm.--jks
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Nader campaign, part 1 (fwd)
In a message dated 6/5/00 7:54:58 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mark, I would never put blacks, Indians, women and hispanics in the same equation with bankers. they are the victim, not the oppresssor.. Mine Mine, you really are irony proof. Go syeep yourself in Marx as a rhetorician. Irony was his gavorite mode, after sarcasm.--jks OKEY! I got to know Mark's sarcasm later, sorry. Since so many posts were going back and forth, I was confused about who was saying what. My brain can not take everything all at once, if there is too much traffic. Mine