Stephen Beecroft wrote:
> -Stephen- > > Interesting. So, then, what did you intend to say when you wrote: > > > > So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he > > was registered as a Democrat. As it happens, this is pretty > > meaningless, because the vote is secret, and you can vote > > for whomever you like. > > > > -Marc- > > <sigh> You know, this isn't rocket science. > > No, it's not. It's called "reading". > > > All you have to do is read, not cut and paste selectively > > in what appears to be a deliberately polemical way. > > In fact, I cut and pasted to preserve the meaning as much as possible > without simply requoting your entire email. > > > I had already made my point about state conventions, then went > > on to write what you've quoted. > > Wrong. The part I quoted was at the beginning of your email. You then > went on to expound even more after that. > Stephen, please knock it off. You know darn well thiw wasn't the beginning of my email -- you'd already quoted the whole paragraph before. Before I wrote what you quoted, I wrote, "Being a 'member' of a party in our Westminster system means something different than it does in the U.S. In the U.S. every voter registers for a party (or as an independent -- as I recall the rules vary considerably from state to state, as to how the states elect their delegates to the party national conventions). " This was then followed by what you selectively quoted, "So to say that my late father was a Democrat means that he was registered as a Democrat. As it happens, this is pretty meaningless, because the vote is secret, and you can vote for whomever you like." I changed my focus from state conventions (primaries) to elections. If you don't want to accept my explanation as to what I was thinking when I wrote this, then there's no point continuing this as far as I'm concerned. You see what you want to see. -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland “We do not think that there is an incompatibility between words and deeds; the worst thing is to rush into action before the consequences have been properly debated…To think of the future and wait was merely another way of saying one was a coward; any idea of moderation was just an attempt to disguise one’s unmanly character; ability to understand a question from all sides meant that one was totally unfitted for action.” – Pericles about his fellow-Athenians, as quoted by Thucydides in “The Peloponessian Wars” Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author’s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^^=============================================================== This email was sent to: archive@jab.org EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^^===============================================================
