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05-05-2002, 05:58 AM
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The 10 C's on the Court House Wall in PA
A well reasoned commentary piece appeared in this week's Philadelphia Inquirer concerning the plaque listing the 10 commandments that has existed on a courthouse wall since the 20's and is now being challenged:
<a href="http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/opinion/local2/3172743.htm" target="_blank">http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/opinion/local2/3172743.htm</a> editing for spelled [ May 05, 2002: Message edited by: hyzer ]</p> |
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05-05-2002, 06:12 AM
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It's nice to see someone in Philly has a level head. After watching the news item that someone linked to a week or so ago, I was beginning to wonder ...
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05-06-2002, 11:11 AM
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Mr. O'Dell's letter is excellent and I notified him about the one George Washington misattribution hoping to pre-arm him before the Forces of Darkness gleefully point to the error in an effort to undermine all the rest of the accurate data.
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05-06-2002, 01:45 PM
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Buffman - what misattribution is that?
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05-06-2002, 02:12 PM
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<a href="http://www.freethought-web.org/ctrl/archive/boston_tripoli.html" target="_blank">http://www.freethought-web.org/ctrl/archive/boston_tripoli.html</a>
Mr. O'Dell's reply: "You are, of course, quite right about my having misattributed the quotation to Washington, instead of to the US Tripoli declaration ratified by John Adams." |
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