[MD] The Greeks?

[Ian Glendinning]

Strangely relevant Matt ?
http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_sandel_the_lost_art_of_democratic_debate.html?utm_source=newsletter_weekly_2010-06-15&utm_campaign=newsletter_weekly&utm_medium=email
Ian

On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Ian Glendinning
<ian.glendinning at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Matt,
>
> (It was the rant style rather than the popular media subject matter,
> anyway ....)
>
> I'm not prejudiced who I side with so long as they talk wisdom.
> (Yes, even Richard Nixon has got soul - Neil Young ?)
>
> Rules ... OK, the meta-rule, that the umpire's decision rules, is much
> wiser than the particular rules of the game that the umpire is
> applying.
> Violent agreement. The authority of a legal system is more important
> than the laws they enforce.
> (As I said I have no specific knowledge of the specific case)
>
> Ian
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:03 AM, Matt Kundert
> <pirsigaffliction at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Very un-Mattish, Matt ? What brought that on ?
>>
>> Meh, I figured Mary told us about the movie she saw, not
>> really apropos of anything, so I would, too.
>>
>