<div dir="auto">Onan "spilled his seed on the ground." No?<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">---<br>Frank C. Wimberly<br>140 Calle Ojo Feliz, <br>Santa Fe, NM 87505<br><br>505 670-9918<br>Santa Fe, NM</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Dec 12, 2020, 9:58 AM Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Onanism?<br>
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I assume you are using the in the modern metaphor/euphemism sense (masturbation/coitus interuptus) but it made me think about words, words, words that reflected the actual "sin" of Onan \u2014 which was pure and simple theft. <br>
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Words placed in front of you, like this text, could be an act of thievery on my part; as I am 'stealing' your attention and time if they manage to seduce you into musing about them.<br>
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seductive words might also take us into the biblical realm of adultery which was also a property crime with nothing to do with sex.<br>
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davew<br>
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On Thu, Dec 10, 2020, at 10:01 AM, u\u01ddl\u0183 \u2199\u2199\u2199 wrote:<br>
> <br>
> Thoughts on the National Constitution Center's "Constitution Drafting <br>
> Project"<br>
> <a href="https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/09/thoughts-on-the-national-constitution-centers-constitution-drafting-project/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://reason.com/volokh/2020/12/09/thoughts-on-the-national-constitution-centers-constitution-drafting-project/</a><br>
> <br>
> I had no idea such a project was underway! Though it's possible I <br>
> learned about it and simply forgot. I *feel* like I should have been <br>
> aware of it, given the number of productive arguments I've had about <br>
> the electoral college over the past 4 years.<br>
> <br>
> In particular, I am ignorant of the American Constitution Society <br>
> <<a href="https://www.acslaw.org/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.acslaw.org/</a>>, as a "living constitution" complement to the <br>
> Federalist Society (or at least that's they way Somin describes it. I <br>
> haven't yet read the Atlantic article he links to ... words, words, <br>
> words ... so many words. Which words extend out into the world and <br>
> which words are mere Onanism?<br>
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> \u2199\u2199\u2199 u\u01ddl\u0183<br>
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