Posted by Paul Hyett on 11/06/06 08:35

In rec.video.dvd.tech on Sun, 5 Nov 2006, PTravel wrote :
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>>>statutory law preempts common law,
>>
>> Spoken like a true statist.
>
>No, spoken like a lawyer who understands the Constitutional framework for
>this country and has no agenda.

The above is a contradiction.
>
>>
>> Zeig Heil!
>
>Yes, that's right. I'm a Nazi because I understand the law.
>
No, you're a 'Nazi' because you apply the law unquestioningly - if you'd
been living in Germany between 1933 & 1945, no doubt you'd have blindly
shipped Jews off to the camps, despite knowing full well what would
happen to them, just because it was 'the law'.
--
Paul 'Charts Fan' Hyett

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