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Old 08-06-2008, 02:51 PM   #1
Radar
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I find the best way to answer a question is to ask someone who knows the answer rather than trying to guess or to be a detective. Without asking, I could only speculate as to motives, desires, or goals of others, but asking the them gives me a concrete answer that isn't merely a speculation.
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Old 08-06-2008, 11:11 PM   #2
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I find the best way to answer a question is to ask someone who knows the answer rather than trying to guess or to be a detective. Without asking, I could only speculate as to motives, desires, or goals of others, but asking the them gives me a concrete answer that isn't merely a speculation.
Hmmm, does this apply to your "perception" of what the writers of the constitution meant? And since they are all dead, how do you "know" what they meant?
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