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To: driftdiver
"I’d say thats his choice and leave out the insults."

I was not insulting him. "Beggars can't be choosers" is an old expression, not a literal statement of what a person is. In ordinary usage it means, "Someone who is at a disadvantage must take what he can get rather than insisting on what he wants." I think that is a statement of fact, not an insult.
32 posted on 09/06/2013 10:21:10 AM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: Steve_Seattle

Why “must” he? Is he desperate to play in the NFL? Your statements indicate he is.

His statements indicate otherwise.


38 posted on 09/06/2013 10:29:00 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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