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To: inquest

Well, obviously not only must there be intention but the designer must bring about or cause the intended result. I didn't think I'd need to spell it out, but I will know better in future when replying to you.


1,186 posted on 09/26/2005 12:19:46 PM PDT by edsheppa
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To: edsheppa
So...I buy a dog. And the dog lies down. Therefore I caused him to lie down.

Setting in motion a chain of events that results in something happening is not the same as designing the outcome. I can play the semantics games just as well as you can, but they're not the same thing.

1,187 posted on 09/26/2005 12:40:00 PM PDT by inquest (FTAA delenda est)
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