tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324100446875791677.post6908896996953798196..comments2023-10-03T09:38:25.350-04:00Comments on The North Greenbush Pipeline: Casino courage and Democrats "Big Tent" Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324100446875791677.post-79825042691938617262014-06-11T16:43:35.021-04:002014-06-11T16:43:35.021-04:00The situations aren't comparable. A town chair...The situations aren't comparable. A town chair can't oust a county committee member on his own, as Wade pointed out in the 2007 letter. But Wade and the executive committee can. <br /><br />Wade was simply pointing out that what Spain tried to do was procedurally defective and therefore null and void. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5324100446875791677.post-76324975678529089432014-06-10T08:21:10.304-04:002014-06-10T08:21:10.304-04:00The Romans called it “Purgatorio”, a cleansing or ...The Romans called it “Purgatorio”, a cleansing or purification of history and thought. It’s most famous example came from the reign of the Emperor Caracalla around 211 AD. After murdering his brother, his allies and assuming total power over the Empire, Caracalla ordered all traces of his brother’s image and name removed from the public record, from buildings and hopefully from the public consciousness.<br /><br />We expect to find such notable examples of blind fear and irrational thought in history. The Spanish Inquisition and the Salem Witch Trials certainly rank with the brutality of Caracalla. But history should have taught modern man a lesson. Surely we have grown to accept, at least in this democracy, that differences in opinion are healthy expressions which teach and enrich our diversity.<br />From an earlier post on this blog...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com