From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 1996 10:52:52 +0800
To: David Sternlight <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Markoff on Clipper III
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At 10:20 AM 7/15/96 -0700, David Sternlight wrote:
>At 3:50 AM -0700 7/15/96, Duncan Frissell wrote:
>>At 09:35 PM 7/14/96 -0700, David Sternlight wrote:
>>
>>>Did you miss the part in the Constitution about "provide for the common
>>>defence"
>>
>>That's a meaningless part of the Preamble.
>
>Anyone who thinks substantive parts of the Preamble are "meaningless" is
>deserving only of contumely. Perhaps you should review your high school
>civics course--you did have one of those, yes?
>
>David
>

Welcome to the list.

Yes my high school Civics class was good.  So were my law school Con Law
courses.

Yes, David I would say you practice "contumely" -- Rudeness or contempt
arising from arrogance; insolence.  But then so do I.

I'll say again, the Preamble speaks of the reasons the drafters of the
Constitution had for writing the thing, it does not set forth any powers of
the federal government.  Goals not means.  GAK is a means not a goal.  

DCF