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To: Dog Gone
I didn't say they should be illegal. I said they should be highly restricted. Big difference.

Historian Paul Johnson said, "beware of those who seek to win an argument at the expense of the language. For the fact that they do so is proof positive that their argument is false, and proof presumptive that they know it is. ... Those who treasure the meaning of words, will treasure truth, and those who bend words to their purposes are very likely in pursuit of anti-social ones. The correct and honorable use of words is the first and natural credential of civilized status."

138 posted on 07/26/2006 8:01:33 PM PDT by tpaine
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To: tpaine

Give it up again. If you can't win the argument based on words and making sure they're understood correctly, the only other way to resolve misunderstandings is with machine guns.

Which is what you want.

I'd prefer words and logic. And keeping it civil so that we don't get mad at each other while we sort out any differences.


140 posted on 07/26/2006 8:06:10 PM PDT by Dog Gone
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