it doesn't matter at all if Adel is a swell guy or a complete ass
Or, on a similar point, as Mr. Justice Frankfurter said,
It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have frequently been forged in controversies involving not very nice people. And so, while we are concerned here with a shabby defrauder, we must deal with his case in the context of what are really the great themes expressed by the Fourth Amendment.
Did you guys follow the comments to Belle's last thread at Crooked Timber?
Yes. And in one breath I said "Look at the silly little people beating their chests on the silly little internet" and in another "We are so fucked." That's the problem with threads like Belle's (and like this one--via Gary Farber). It's hard to laugh and vomit at the same time.
it doesn't matter at all if Adel is a swell guy or a complete ass
Or, on a similar point, as Mr. Justice Frankfurter said,
U.S. v. Rabinowitz, 339 U.S. 56, 69
Posted by slolernr | Link to this comment | 11-14-05 4:21 PM
Even someone who would normally be the biggest asshole in the world would probably be extremely nice to the only guy who gives a fuck about him.
Did you guys follow the comments to Belle's last thread at Crooked Timber? This is so fucked.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 11-14-05 5:07 PM
So, he's saying that the United States is experiencing a rebellion or an invasion?
I was not aware of this. Surely Congress would need to declare war in such an instance.
ash
['Seems unconstitutional to me.']
Posted by ash | Link to this comment | 11-14-05 8:05 PM
Did you guys follow the comments to Belle's last thread at Crooked Timber?
Yes. And in one breath I said "Look at the silly little people beating their chests on the silly little internet" and in another "We are so fucked." That's the problem with threads like Belle's (and like this one--via Gary Farber). It's hard to laugh and vomit at the same time.
Posted by Paul | Link to this comment | 11-15-05 7:45 AM