tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post7908058703076148..comments2023-04-02T10:44:21.551-05:00Comments on The Travis McGee Reader: Bunch of old dead white guysJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-26910666920361176072012-06-17T14:23:31.796-05:002012-06-17T14:23:31.796-05:00While an idea should stand or fall on its own meri...While an idea should stand or fall on its own merits, the situation John found himself in does not fit neatly into today's tableau. That "bunch of dead white guys" who laid the Manga Charta on John were not exactly La Raza Unida. They were barons and earls and other similarly situated po folks. They were just tired of John taking what they jealously regarded as theirs by right. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-1118279049730645622012-06-16T20:11:59.610-05:002012-06-16T20:11:59.610-05:00Oh yeah. It took 572 years, the crossing of an oce...Oh yeah. It took 572 years, the crossing of an ocean, and a colonial revolt to get the idea about right. And, yes, things have degenerated since then, which is why I suggested we keep another Runnymeade in reserve.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7710325166074275740.post-51879705215800561822012-06-16T15:38:37.152-05:002012-06-16T15:38:37.152-05:00or by the law of the land.
That's the phrase ...<i>or by the law of the land.</i><br /><br />That's the phrase the dead white guys snuck in there. It's not practically possible to break the laws, if you make the laws.Joelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03442354270552212335noreply@blogger.com