Re: great idea -- explain own bids

On Apr 21, 12:23=A0pm, blackshoe <blacks...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 10:52=A0am, Bob <rfr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > Again, if people would like to have an intelligent discussion of
> > legality, they need to cite laws. Otherwise we are stuck in a "no it
> > isn't" "yes it is" argument.
>
> I suppose you'd say the same thing to William Blackstone if he were
> here and expressing his view of the legality of something or other
> under English common law.

Well, "yes it is" "okay" does not count as an intelligent discussion.

But the reality is that if I studied the laws and thought something
was legal, and someone said it wasn't, I would want to hear what law
they thought I was breaking. And, have you ever known me to trust the
word of an authority? Once in an article I was reviewing, someone
cited a principle, gave about 10 references for it, then added "but
see Frick (1984)".