> >Doug Henwood forwarded Alexander Cockburn saying:
> >
> >> According to Lehman, an ardent promoter of jury nullification, as are we,
> >> "the tantalizing question is: Would southern juries have followed the
> >> Massachusetts pattern had they been true juries - that is not stacked,
> >> fully informed of the evidence and their powers, and not judicially
> >> dominated. There is evidence this was happening in some states".
> >
> >The tantalizing question is, would pigs have flown if they had wings?
> >--
> >Paul Rosenberg
> >Reason and Democracy
> >rad at gte.net
> >
>
> No, they would not have flown.
>
> You would need them to have (i) large keel-like breastbones to anchor the
> muscles to flap the wings, (ii) large wing-flapping muscles (think of three
> times the white meat of a modern turkey), and (iii) a thicker atmosphere
> against which to flap. And only small pigs--pigs are big.
>
> But, yes, give them wings, breastbones, enough white meat, and a thicker
> atmosphere, and small pigs could have flown.
>
> Unfortunately, they would have flown very slowly, and been easy prey for
> raptors.
Thanks, Brad. That *WAS* one level of my intended meaning.
-- Paul Rosenberg Reason and Democracy rad at gte.net
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