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Skriven 2004-11-13 21:54:28 av Steve Asher (3:800/432.0)
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Mulling over LEE LOFASO to STEVE ASHER 11 Nov 2004

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SA>To designate March 26, 1991, as `Education Day, U.S.A.'. (Enrolled as
SA>Agreed to or Passed by Both House and Senate)

SA>--H.J.Res.104--

SA>H.J.Res.104

 LL> George H.W. Bush believed in creating a "thousand points of light".
 LL> Could this have been a reference to imposition of The Noachide
 LL> Laws? 

Quite possibly ... something worth exploring.

SA>To designate March 26, 1991, as `Education Day, U.S.A.'.

SA>Whereas Congress recognizes the historical tradition of ethical values
SA>and principles which are the basis of civilized society and upon which
SA>our great Nation was founded;

 LL> Back in the days of George H.W. Bush, it was "family values". Then
 LL> "family values" morphed into "traditional values".  It has since
 LL> morphed into "moral values".  Yet no person or group has a monopoly
 LL> on such values.

They do, if they can get it enacted into law that their values are from
God (or G-d), and are binding on all.

SA>Whereas these ethical values and principles have been the bedrock of
SA>society from the dawn of civilization, when they were known as the
SA>Seven Noahide Laws;

 LL> According to who?  Remember, not everybody is Jewish.  And not all
 LL> Jews belong the same "tribe" of Judaism.  Jews do not have a
 LL> monopoly on moral values.  Nor does any other group.

True, and a largely non-Jewish nation has been dudded by getting these
"laws" recognised as being the bedrock of society.

SA>Whereas without these ethical values and principles the edifice of
SA>civilization stands in serious peril of returning to chaos;

 LL> According to who?

The US Congress.

 LL>   Just because one group says their moral values
 LL> are the correct values does not make it so.  David Koresh and the
 LL> Branch Davidians certainly viewed their version of moral values as
 LL> being the correct values.  Does that mean David Koresh and the
 LL> Branch Davidians were right?

Nope.

SA>Whereas society is profoundly concerned with the recent weakening of
SA>these principles that has resulted in crises that beleaguer and
SA>threaten the fabric of civilized society;

 LL> What principles?  Even if such principles existed, what
 LL> interpretation of those principles would be correct?  And who is to
 LL> say those who disagree are wrong?

The Rabbis who get to interpret the laws?

SA>Whereas the Lubavitch movement has fostered and promoted these ethical
SA>values and principles throughout the world;

 LL> Aha.  The Cult of Lubavitch.  :)

SA>Whereas Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Lubavitch
SA>movement, is universally respected and revered and his eighty-ninth
SA>birthday falls on March 26, 1991;

Not bad to get their cult and its leader acknowledged in US law.

 LL> Lubavitch (or his replacement) is not my spiritual leader.
 LL> Nor will he ever be.  :)

Menachem Schneerson ("The King of Crown Heights") was the leader,
Lubavitch was the place in Europe the Lubavitchers are named for.

SA>Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 LL> Congresscritters.
 LL> You can't live with 'em, and you can't live without 'em.

I trust that the House of Reps & Senate won't pass a law like
that here. I'll be watching them.

Cheers, Steve..

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