Magus <Nope@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
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> Scout wrote:
>> "Leif" <leifrakur2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> <snip>
>> You ability to misconstrue and misrepresent something has already
>> been established. If the meaning you claim is valid then surely it
>> would be in an authoritative source such as Webster's, American
>> Heritage, or even Oxford. Heck, they even include archaic and
>> obsolete meanings. So if the meaning you suggest is valid you should
>> be able to find it somewhere. I may even take a run down to the
>> library later and see if I can supply you with a few more listings
>> for the meaning of people from other and older sources.
>>
>>
>
> Johnson and Walker's Dictionary of the English Language
> Second Edition, Revised and Corrected
> MDCCCXXVIII (1828)
>
> PEOPLE, A nation; those who compose a community; the vulgar; the
> commonalty; not the princes or nobles; persons of a particular class;
> men or persons in general.
>
> To PEOPLE, To stock with inhabitants.
Additionally:
People - A state; as the state of New York. A nation in its collective
and political capacity. The aggregate or mass of the *individuals* who
constitute the state. In a more restricted sense, and as generally used
in constitutional law, the entire body of those citizens of a state or
nation who are invested with political power for political purposes, that
is, the qualified voters or electors.
The word "people" may have various significations according to the
connection in which it was used. When we speak of the rights of the
people, or of the government of the people by law, or of the people as a
non-political aggregate, we mean all the inhabitants of the state or
nation, without distinction as to ***, race, age or otherwise. But when
reference is made to the people as the repository of sovereignty, or as
the source of government power, or to popular government, we are speaking
of that selected and limited class of citizens to whom the constitution
affords the elective franchise and the right of participation in the
offices of government. (Black's Law 2d ed. as cited in the 3d ed.)
Source: Black's Law 3r Ed. 1933
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RD (The Sandman)
War is absolute hell.....but to give in
to terrorism is much, much worse
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