Friday, June 16, 2023

Idol

 Kind of cool when one of your idols notices you...






Oxymoronic Springfield College

Springfield College is committed to valuing and validating the gender identity and expression of members of the campus community.  link


As such, they kindly request that we erase the gender designations for:

waiter, waitressserver
congressmanlegislator, congressional representative
boyfriend/girlfriend
husband/wife
partner, spouse, significant other
mother/fatherparent
sister/brothersibling
son/daughterchild, kid

Sorry, I am a father, man, husband and son.  I have a wife, daughters, aunts, uncles, sisters, a brother and a mom.  That's what I will call them.

Wordle 523

 


Wednesday, June 14, 2023

2nd Primer

 "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."


The first part, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,"  is a claim, or if you will, a statement of fact.  Note:  It isn't contingent.  It doesn't say, As long as it is generally agreed upon that, a well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, then the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."

The second part, "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." is a statement of law.  It is vague about who or what entity should be prevented from doing the infringing, but at the very least, it would have to bind the federal government.  For the sake of consistency, under the incorporation doctrine, this should include all levels of government.



Wordle 521