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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    That's only partially true. The HPT isn't Bob's work and it is only portions of it that I disagree with. I find it's basic premise quite...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    Because history is replete with nations that "waited out" a wicked king to be replaced with his heir who turned out to be wonderfully...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    It's clearly a rationalization. I've never said it was a dodge. See what I mean? Rationalization! No, he cannot. Commands do not make...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    @JudgeRightly, Yet another new direction from which to make the same essential point.... Civil disobedience is explicitly sanctioned...
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    Clete reacted to Nick M's post in the thread The continued policing problem in America. with Love Love.
    Always remember our rebuke of the Democratic party is not an endorsement of the Re-publican party.
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    I cannot imaging how it is possible for you to write something on the order of a 2000 word response to such a simple post and you do so...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    Judges under the proposed Constitution are not sitting in hierarchical seats of power where only some higher authority can prosecute...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    It 100% does answer it and it does so without any possible refutation. The difference between judges ignoring the law and a king who...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    "So, let's throw out checks and balances!" is your solution? You are literally making the Shakespearean argument, "Kill all the...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    There is no need to spend three hours responding to each point.
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    Our disagreement comes down to what it means to have rule of law. The rule of law exists when rulers and subjects alike are governed by...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    Okay JudgeRightly, let's look at this a slightly different way... Let's say that a king publicly renounces the Constitution and...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    I just cannot understand how you can find so much to say on a point we've belabored for months. I am addressing the point specifically...
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    I'm not sure you've posted enough of the author's argument to fully evaluate his position. My difficulty with treating information as a...
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    Clete replied to the thread Constitutional Monarchy.
    I do not make bald assertions! First of all, we've been discussing this for months - years! Secondly, and far more importantly, I...
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