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To: JasonC
It doesn't. Women are whores is false of the class women, without being logically reducible to the proposition "all women are whores", which is a distinct proposition that is also false. Women raise our children, on the other hand, is true without being logically reducible to the proposition "all our children are raised by women", which is not true.

Oh please. "women raise our children" contains the transitive verb "raise", not the copula. And "all our children are raised by women" is a passive construction to boot, with subject altered. "Women are whores" can be disproven by producing one female non-whore. "Women climb Everest" cannot be disproven by finding one woman who hasn't climbed Everest. You can't replace the copula isomorphously by a transitive verb.

This conversation is over. You called me a liar. Challenged to back it up, you've wasted thousands and words and a good half hour of my time with arguments a high-school student could drive a truck through. Take a long walk off a short pier.

356 posted on 06/09/2006 5:53:30 AM PDT by Right Wing Professor (...I'm dancin' right there with you, Iraqis.)
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To: Right Wing Professor
You are attempting to put words into her mouth, but it is hopeless. The words are in your mouth, not in hers.
357 posted on 06/09/2006 5:12:35 PM PDT by JasonC
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