5HC

Lee · 04 Sep 2014, 14:46 · from 2014-September.txt.gz

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From: severiansola at hotmail.com (Lee)
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 10:46:00 -0400
Subject: (urth) 5HC
Message-ID: <BLU175-W24FE529D5E6B0911C06059CFC50 at phx.gbl>

>Richard Simon: I begin to weary of this...

There are various tactics and strategies to win a debate. One is

to wear down your opponent with stubbornness and win by attrition. 

Last word wins?

Here in America, such a principle is actually a part of our

governance. If a Congressman can continually speak for a couple

days in a "filibuster" he can outlast his opponents and stymie

an opposed bill being passed simply by using up all the allotted

time. Sigh, such is the god-forsaken land that I love so dearly.

Actually I don't know if filibusters are allowed in the parliaments

of other nations. Any insight or knowledge on this would be

appreciated.

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