[TheRealThing]

"Black Muslim" as opposed to "Black Islam" is splitting hairs.

The disagreement is about conscientious objection, and the FACT that Eisenhower appointee Justice Harlan saw in Ali's case a legitimate exercise of conscientious objection.

In my view, the person who disagrees with a behavior, yet defends the freedom to make a choice based on the principles of essential liberty and freedom of conscience is exercising something quintessential in the American charter.

I did not say I know "Bob's game." I know he uses "turn the tables" to see if a poster can stand up under a bit of heat. I've read back through his postings.

LOL, I don't think you know what you said.
"I know your game and have seen it plenty." Does that sound at all familiar to you? If not, and I suspect in your case that could well be the problem, take a stroll up memory lane to post #38 and refresh your memory. You did say you know Bob's game now didn't you?

And no, my differentiation of the two terms is not splitting hairs. One exists, the other does not. Black Muslim is an actual class of a religion. the term Black Islam however, was evidently pulled from the same basket you got the idea of essential liberty from. If you or anybody else would care to check up on my assertion, try a Google search of the term 'Black Islam' and see if anything comes up. nicker:

And so class in summation, what did we learn today? First there is no such thing as Black Islam. Second we learned that there is no such thing as essential liberty, at least in a form that can be aptly defined. It would be therefore foolhardy, to undertake building a defense of an idea which does not exist, using an interpretative tool of the law which does not exist, in order to give birth to social doctrine. Nonetheless ladies and gentlemen, I give you the liberal, whose rationales are based on the science of nothing. And who are so proud these days to expose themselves before the masses, resplendently clad in the "new clothes' of their delusion.