tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044839004293226183.post5033831180425099030..comments2024-03-22T20:26:49.902-05:00Comments on Economic Scuttlebutt: Communist GoalsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6044839004293226183.post-27348422059599995142009-01-23T19:48:00.000-06:002009-01-23T19:48:00.000-06:00I jumped here to save everyone else.linear, i.e as...I jumped here to save everyone else.<br><br>linear, i.e as in fixed, rigid, unbending.<br><br>non-linear, i.e curved, bending, changing<br><br>Applying linear logic to non-linear systems, <a href="http://www.aaas.org/news/releases/2008/0620fuel_efficiency.shtml" rel="nofollow">here is but one example of how this leads to errors of judgement</a><br><br>Okie's link pointed out that like most things we think of as 'fixed, rigid, unbending' or 'black and while' <br> in fact are 'shades of grey'. The term natural born citizen might be interpreted to mean 'the baby was physically born on U.S. soil' but in fact can mean many many things if you think about it and that 'born physically on U.S. soil' is only one interpretation, even if it is the one most of us grew up with. The son of an American born physically on foreign soil might still actually qualify.<br><br>The constitution of the U.S. is fully of language that at first pass seems 'black and white' and yet upon closer inspection, is actually quite grey.<br><br>This grey does not change the nature of our responsibility to each other and the constitution. That it is hard for most people to grasp, still it is what it isThainoreply@blogger.com