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Re: CHAT: Hello

From:Andreas Johansson <and_yo@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 2, 2001, 19:39
Roger Mills wrote:
[snip]

This is probably somewhat OT, but I thought I'd ask anyway. This bit:

>In what way are murder, theft, or adultery >"sins"-- crimes yes, but that's a legal matter isn't it? If I commit an >offense against my society, the society has ways of dealing with it-- what >does "God" have to do with it? If I offend my neighbor, surely it's up to >me to make amends, if at all possible; and if I do so adequately, then it's >up to my neighbor to accept it, and we get on with our lives.
doesn't seem to go very well with this bit:
>Re the Declaration of Human Rights: they would ask, "what's with you >people, >that you have to be _told_ how to live in harmony with one another?" >(Also, >it's just too long and dreary to translate....)
If the Kash need a legal code, then surely they need being told how to live in harmony with one another? That kind of the meaning of legal code, telling people that ... Andreas _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.