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p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div style="font-family:Arial;">Sorry Russ, but <i>"Nobody should be above the law if the rule of law has any meaning in a democratic society,"</i> is an absurd idea.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">Assuming the US is a democratic society (in some sense), I would defy you to find any existing law that does not have exceptions that place someone, in some role or in some cirsumstance, "above" that law.<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;">davew<br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div><div>On Mon, Oct 14, 2024, at 8:58 AM, John Kennison wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div style="font-family:Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br></div><div id="qt-appendonsend"><br></div><div><hr style="display:inline-block;width:98%;"><br></div><div id="qt-divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><div><span class="font" style="font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="color" style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> on behalf of Marcus Daniels <marcus@snoutfarm.com><br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2024 3:02 PM<br> <b>To:</b> The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>; Russ.Abbott@gmail.com <Russ.Abbott@gmail.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> [EXT] Re: [FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance</span></span></div><div> <br></div></div><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap:break-word;"><div class="qt-x_WordSection1"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;">I don’t think that’s fair. It depends on the opponent and what they represent both in terms of ideology and the sociological phenomenon they are a part of.</span><br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"> </span><br></p><div><div style="border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-left-width:medium;border-left-style:none;border-left-color:currentcolor;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-top-width:1pt;border-top-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(225, 225, 225);padding-top:3pt;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:0in;"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><b><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;">From:</span></span></b><span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;"><span class="size" style="font-size:11pt;"> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jochen Fromm<br> <b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, July 16, 2024 11:52 AM<br> <b>To:</b> Russ.Abbott@gmail.com; The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com><br> <b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance</span></span></p></div></div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">A president who murders his opponents would not be better than an evil dictator in an authoritarian state. Putin's opponents like Navalny, Litvinenko and Nemtsov were all brutally poisoned and/or murdered.<br></p><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">But you are right, this possibility exists after the recent decision of the supreme court. It seems to be a result of democratic backsliding. Nobody should be above the law if the rule of law has any meaning in a democratic society.<br></p></div><div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">-J.<br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p></div></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">-------- Original message --------</span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">From: Russ Abbott <<a href="mailto:russ.abbott@gmail.com">russ.abbott@gmail.com</a>></span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Date: 7/16/24 7:48 PM (GMT+01:00)</span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <<a href="mailto:friam@redfish.com">friam@redfish.com</a>></span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;">Subject: Re: [FRIAM] tolerance of intolerance</span><br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"><span style="color:black;"> </span><br></p></div><div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">Why has no one pointed out the possibility that if Trump wins, Biden could take advantage of his newly declared immunity and have him assassinated?<br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p></div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">-- Russ<br></p></div></div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"> <br></p><div><div><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal">On Tue, Jul 16, 2024, 6:24<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> </span>AM glen <<a href="mailto:gepropella@gmail.com">gepropella@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></p></div><blockquote style="border-top-width:medium;border-top-style:none;border-top-color:currentcolor;border-right-width:medium;border-right-style:none;border-right-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:medium;border-bottom-style:none;border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-source:none;border-image-width:1;border-left-width:1pt;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);padding-top:0in;padding-right:0in;padding-bottom:0in;padding-left:6pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;"><p class="qt-x_MsoNormal"></p><div>Yeah. It's one thing to wish it or want it. It's another to think more in Marcus' terms and come up with a more complex strategy not involving stupid 20 year olds and no violence at all. I still hold out hope for my own personal conspiracy
theory. Biden becomes the nominee. After the convention fades, the Admnistration announces Biden has gone to the hospital for bone spur surgery. Kamala takes over temporarily and campaigns furiously for Biden-Harris. Biden is re-elected. Biden recovers and
gets through the Oath (fingers crossed). Then he goes back to the hospital with some minor thing like a dizzy spell. Kamala takes over again. Biden's condition worsens. First Female President. Biden recovers and becomes America's Grandpa.<br></div><div> <br></div><div> Come on Deep State. Make it happen. 8^D<br></div><div> <br></div><div> On 7/15/24 17:30, Russ Abbott wrote:<br></div><div> > I wonder what Scott's response would have been to those of us who, in response to the shooting, thought: better luck next time.<br></div><div> > On 7/15/24 17:28, Marcus Daniels wrote:<br></div><div> >> It ignores the option of doing things quietly and indirectly.<br></div><div> >> On 7/15/24 16:46, glen wrote:<br></div><div> >>> [Scott's] Prayer<br></div><div> >>> <a href="https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8117"> https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8117</a><br></div><div> >>> <br></div><div> >>> I'm currently surrounded by people who believe intolerance is properly not tolerated. Scott's message, here, seems extraordinary Christian, to me. (Real Christian, not the Christianism displayed in things like megachurches and whatnot cf <a href="https://raymondsmullyan.com/books/who-knows/"> https://raymondsmullyan.com/books/who-knows/</a>). This faith that "going high" will, in the long run, win out, seems naive to me. The temptation to "hoist the black flag and start slitting throats" isn't merely a thresholded reaction, it's an intuitive grasp
of the iterated prisoner's dilemma, tit-for-tat style strategies, and Ashby's LoRV. But I'm open to changing my mind on that. Maybe I'm just too low-brow?<br></div><div> >>> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> <br></div><div> -- <br></div><div> <span class="font" style="font-family:"Segoe UI", sans-serif;">ꙮ</span> M<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ɥ</span>ǝu ǝlǝd<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ɥɐ</span>u<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ʇ</span>s <span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ɟᴉƃɥʇ</span>' <span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;"> ʇɥ</span>ǝ <span class="font" style="font-family:"Calibri", sans-serif;">ƃɹɐ</span>ss sn<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ɟɟ</span>ǝ<span class="font" style="font-family:"Arial", sans-serif;">ɹ</span>s˙ <span class="font" style="font-family:"Segoe UI", sans-serif;">ꙮ</span><br></div><div> <br></div><div> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .<br></div><div> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br></div><div> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom <a href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam"> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br></div><div> to (un)subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com"> http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br></div><div> FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/"> http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br></div><div> archives: 5/2017 thru present <a href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/"> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a><br></div><div> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/"> http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a><br></div><p></p></blockquote></div></div></div><div>-. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. .<br></div><div>FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv<br></div><div>Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom <a href="https://bit.ly/virtualfriam">https://bit.ly/virtualfriam</a><br></div><div>to (un)subscribe <a href="http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com">http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com</a><br></div><div>FRIAM-COMIC <a href="http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/">http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/</a><br></div><div>archives: 5/2017 thru present <a href="https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/">https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/</a><br></div><div> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 <a href="http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/">http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:Arial;"><br></div></body></html>