...managed to generate some text but you cut / sniped my questions. Here, we'll try again, this time no dodging. Bret, you're just being silly. http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/montesquieu/de_esprit_des_lois/partie_1/de_esprit_des_lois_1.html OK let's consider Montesquieu the Magnificent a bit. Let's look near the beginning of the work, to start. Part 1, Book VI, Chapter...

..."libertarians" Randroids and other rightards call me a "commie" for advocating Jeffersonian democracy just goes to show the emptiness of their arguments. Bret Cahill http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/montesquieu/de_esprit_des_lois/partie_1/de_esprit_des_lois_1.html OK let's consider Montesquieu the Magnificent a bit. Let's look near the beginning of the work, to start. ...

On Sep 30, 5:15 pm, Bret Cahill <BretCah...@aol.com> wrote: http://classiques.uqac.ca/classiques/montesquieu/de_esprit_des_lois/partie_1/de_esprit_des_lois_1.html OK let's consider Montesquieu the Magnificent a bit. Let's look near the beginning of the work, to start. Part 1, Book VI, Chapter 16 -- On making the punishment fit the crime Chapter 17 -- On ...