Re: Peace be with you
Richard Hills <[email protected]> Fri, 22 Mar 2019 10:10:00 +1100
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--===============1321555457== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-AD94F76E-3551-4E24-97BF-4E2D40BDE3D9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --Apple-Mail-AD94F76E-3551-4E24-97BF-4E2D40BDE3D9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =E2=80=9CBLML is surely not the place for it.=E2=80=9D Disagree. Bridge influences the wider world, and the wider world influences bridge. For example, many many years ago the ACBL permitted racially segregated brid= ge tournaments. The American civil rights movement stimulated the ACBL into r= eversing that policy. Peace be with you, Richard Hills Sent from my iPad > On 22 Mar 2019, at 12:38 am, Adam Wildavsky <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > I'd be happy to discuss this with you, Richard, but BLML is surely not the= place for it. Please suggest another forum. >=20 >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2019 at 3:03 AM Richard Hills <[email protected]> wro= te: >> Two fundamental principles of discussion on blml are the rule of law, and= that laws can always be improved. >>=20 >> In the wake of the abominable Christchurch massacre New Zealand=E2=80=99s= Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern not only consoled the relatives of the Muslim= victims (while showing solidarity by wearing a headscarf), but she also swi= ftly moved to improve her country=E2=80=99s gun laws. >>=20 >> Alas, neither aspect of her approach has been imitated by President Trump= . >>=20 >> Peace be with you, >>=20 >> Richard Hills >>=20 >> Sent from my iPad >> _______________________________________________ >> Blml mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml --Apple-Mail-AD94F76E-3551-4E24-97BF-4E2D40BDE3D9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D= utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">=E2=80=9CBLML is surely not the place for i= t.=E2=80=9D<div><br></div><div>Disagree.</div><div><br></div><div>Bridge inf= luences the wider world, and the wider world influences bridge.</div><div><b= r></div><div>For example, many many years ago the ACBL permitted racially se= gregated bridge tournaments. The American civil rights movement stimulated t= he ACBL into reversing that policy.</div><div><br></div><div>Peace be with y= ou,</div><div><br></div><div>Richard Hills<br><br><div id=3D"AppleMailSignat= ure" dir=3D"ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On 22 Mar 2019,= at 12:38 am, Adam Wildavsky <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">adam@t= ameware.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D= "ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">I'd be happy to discuss this with you, Richard, but B= LML is surely not the place for it. Please suggest another forum.</div><br><= div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 2= 1, 2019 at 3:03 AM Richard Hills <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]= ">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q= uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20= 4);padding-left:1ex">Two fundamental principles of discussion on blml are th= e rule of law, and that laws can always be improved.<br> <br> In the wake of the abominable Christchurch massacre New Zealand=E2=80=99s Pr= ime Minister Jacinda Ardern not only consoled the relatives of the Muslim vi= ctims (while showing solidarity by wearing a headscarf), but she also swiftl= y moved to improve her country=E2=80=99s gun laws.<br> <br> Alas, neither aspect of her approach has been imitated by President Trump.<b= r> <br> Peace be with you,<br> <br> Richard Hills<br> <br> Sent from my iPad<br> _______________________________________________<br> Blml mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a><br> <a href=3D"http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml" rel=3D"noreferrer" t= arget=3D"_blank">http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml</a><br> </blockquote></div> </div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-AD94F76E-3551-4E24-97BF-4E2D40BDE3D9-- --===============1321555457== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Blml mailing list [email protected] http://lists.rtflb.org/mailman/listinfo/blml --===============1321555457==--