[lit-ideas] Re: Paying taxes for months on end
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2005 21:57:58 EDT
Okay. We obviously need an agreed-upon definition of "power". The second
time my now-husband came to visit me at the house, I was trying with all my
100 pound might to shove a 200 pound dog house across the yard to install a
fence. After finishing doubling over with laughter, he moved it for me. To
this day, when I get cocky about something I think I can do by myself he
simply
says "doghouse". I had the right to move that dog house. I did not have the
power. I did not have the ability. Mostly I have been talking about
physical power but that's only because it's cleaner to deal with. I have the
power
to make my husband's life miserable. Unless he's been a beast, I do not
have the right. How can this be so complicated??
Julie Krueger
too simplistic, I guess
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JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> So would it be fair to say that the police had the power to do that which
> they had not the right to do?
Julie,
Are you OK? It would be 'fair to say' that the police had the power to
do that which they had no right to do only if 'power' is understood as
'capacity,' or 'ability,' not if 'power' is understood as something like
'authority,' 'authorization,' or 'permission.'
Still, may I have this dance?
Robert Paul
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