Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Xpost: Austrailian gun control... [View all]jimmy the one
(2,717 posts)sarisataka: Words usually have several definitions bank·rupt·cy 1. the state of being bankrupt.
synonyms: insolvency, liquidation, failure, ruin, financial ruin, collapse, receivership "many companies were facing bankruptcy"
merriam webster: Full Definition of BANKRUPT 1a : a person who has done any of the acts that by law entitle creditors to have his or her estate administered for their benefit b : a person judicially declared subject to having his or her estate administered under the bankrupt laws for the benefit of creditors c : a person who becomes insolvent
2: a person who is completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute <a moral bankrupt
2. the state of being completely lacking in a particular quality or value. "the moral bankruptcy of turning away desperate people"
Had you intended definition(s) 2 it would've been incumbent upon you to say 'declare moral bankruptcy', to distinguish. Since you didn't it's obvious you are now backpedaling as fast as you can to blow smoke with a red herring.
And comparing gaius caligula & nero to other tyrants is not being 'completely lacking in a particular desirable quality or attribute'.
sari: I won't defend him {mussolini} by saying "well he wasn't as bad as Hitler' ... If you have to argue your position is good because it isn't as bad as some dictators, you should declare bankruptcy and retire from the game.
Readers will recall what nuclear unicorn wrote: You're citing two of histories worst tyrants as a legal precedent to justify your position?
How else does sari suggest comparing the 'worst' of tyrants, if not rating them as to which is more bad than the other?
Go soak your sari head.