Re: grat barier reef dying, silted and over fertilised and suffering from occasional fevers

["Tim Scrivens" <tim.scrivens@nz.eds.com>]

"~~ jp turcaud ~~" <henri.airaud@poglio.com> wrote in message
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> Comment in your text Mr Strawman or Wicker man !

Subtlety, and one of the nastier ways that Celtic Law manifested itself, is
obviously wasted on you.

>
> Indeed I may find your bitter compliments, somehow understandable, by the
> propensity of some to smear others with qualities which are their own !

Where did I present a strawman argument?  I have not.  Have I insulted you
in this thread (other than to say "as usual", when stating that you are
wrong) - I have not.

>
> Didn't you know ? Well you know now !
>
> In due course your above compliments are returned to you Sir !
> I have no use for them at the present time !!! Thank you !

"Same to you, same to you" lost it's force for me as an argumentative
technique when I was around 8 years old.



> > > Both spelling exist of course ... without considering naturally the
same
> > > concept in different alphabet like the Cyrillic,  Greek , Chinese,
> > Armenian
> > > etc
> >
> > And are we speaking any of those?  Strawman, or wicker man argument.
> >
> > Normal spelling, in English, is as I put it.  I realise clarity is not
one
> > of your strengths, but perhaps you should concentrate on it.  There is
> > nothing snobbish about being clear.
>
>
> §§§ Of course not; snobbery does not lie in the fact of being clear; it
lies
> in the fact of being attached to the form and not to the content !
> You wrote indeed
> QUOTE
> ...  Amourabi ....  He means Hammurabi, and he is (as usual) wrong about
> what they (the laws) mean.
> UNQUOTE
>
> Knowing that I have in my Encyclopedia Hammourabi, king of Babylone in
1765
> BC etc... you must admit I was not too far off the mark since I quoted
from
> memory ! Further I am not in a position to control you own spelling as
> correct !

Well, heck - I was going from memory as well - who was closer to the mark, O
inaccurate one?  Hammurabi is how it is spelled in most authoritative texts,
by the way.

I refer you to Yale Law school

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/hammenu.htm


> In 1901 a diorite stele was found on which reported Jurispudence cases
where
> used  by judges in court as legal precedent ... this is what incidently
is
> used in the US and called " Case Law " and which indeed the basis of
Justice
> rendering ... same exists in Grande Bretagne too !

Yes, you are perfectly correct that Hammurabi enshrines the concept of Case
Law (and precedent).  This is NOT what you were referring to in your earlier
post, when you said

"I fully agree to your comments and it is the rule in Celtic Law _ and this
is as well following the 5 000 years old Laws of Amourabi _ I have duty to
return insults for insults or blow for blow to senders  ! This is the very
basis of respect indeed !"

I believe that you were more going for (and should perhaps have used) a
Biblical reference here "An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".

Hammurabi in fact enshrines the principle of a state's right to punish
transgressions of law on behalf of the victim - further from your meaning, I
cannot imagine.


> As a result it can be quite proper to refer to the Hammourabi Laws,  since
> what is called now the Hammourabi Code was seen as the basis of Law then
>
> As a result to be branded nasty names  on this basis,  is what I am
calling
> being a snob on your part ... further I note " as usual wrong " which is a
> typical comment of someone excessivelly snobbish person indeed ...
> infatuated of him or herself !

And I quote you again

"Don't be such a snob Tim !"

Et tu, Brute?

I, on the other hand, was merely trying to ensure that Carman could find the
reference you gave her, as she was confused by "Amourabi" - which gives you
only French law (and a message about a horse) if you put it in Google - not
helpful for the lingually challenged among us (me included).

>
> Finally, you have not express yourself at all on the content of the
> Hammourabi Code ...  In my book it's very close to Celtic Law and I
maintain
> my position on this !
> Good Bye !

It may well be - but it bears no relation to the meaning that you placed on
it.