keshlam@us.ibm.com wrote: > >strong majority support for strict literal approach > > I hate to ask, but: If there is really a strong agreement on this solution, > why are we still debating? Because the people who can't live with it form a substantial minority. In 1642, the English Parliament passed a bill excluding bishops of the Church of England from sitting in Parliament. Before 1642 and after 1660, the House of Lords contains them *ex officio* as Lords Spiritual, in addition to the hereditary and for-life Lords Temporal. How did that happen? Because they that hated bishops, hated them worse than the Devil; and they that loved them, did not love them so well as their dinners; and so the Bill was passed. --(I forget who said this) -- Schlingt dreifach einen Kreis um dies! || John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com> Schliesst euer Aug vor heiliger Schau, || http://www.reutershealth.com Denn er genoss vom Honig-Tau, || http://www.ccil.org/~cowan Und trank die Milch vom Paradies. -- Coleridge (tr. Politzer)Received on Wednesday, 17 May 2000 12:54:12 UTC
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