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To: OneWingedShark

Look up “Condition” in the dictionary. Then look up “Dictat”. You have them confused.

Conditions cannot be manditory by their very definition. That are to put it bluntly, conditional. Truly look this up, you don’t seem to understand what it means.

If I put conditions on your action, it by definition means that you have options.

Stop arguing like a child. The English language has words that actually have accepted meanings, stick to them.


72 posted on 03/04/2011 5:08:47 PM PST by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: SampleMan

>Conditions cannot be manditory by their very definition. That are to put it bluntly, conditional. Truly look this up, you don’t seem to understand what it means.

According to dictionary.com, and supporting my interpretation:

Condition
6. a circumstance indispensable to some result; prerequisite; that on which something else is contingent: conditions of acceptance.
8. something demanded as an essential part of an agreement; provision; stipulation: He accepted on one condition.
9. Law.
— a. a stipulation in an agreement or instrument transferring property that provides for a change consequent on the occurrence or nonoccurrence of a stated event.
— b. the event upon which this stipulation depends.
13. Logic. the antecedent of a conditional proposition.

From Wikipedia:
Antecedent (logic)
An antecedent is the first half of a hypothetical proposition.

Examples:
* If P, then Q.
This is a nonlogical formulation of a hypothetical proposition. In this case, the antecedent is P, and the consequent is Q.
* If X is a man, then X is mortal.
“X is a man” is the antecedent for this proposition.

“If *YOU ENTER MY PROPERTY* then *YOU ARE MY SLAVE.*” is exactly equivalent.
The antecedent (that is the condition), which in this case is entering your property, is fulfilled.
The consequent, which in this case is the state of enslavement is REQUIRED in order to make the statement true.
Look up implication (logic) if you don’t believe me.

> Stop arguing like a child. The English language has words that actually have accepted meanings, stick to them.

Looks to me like you’re the one ignoring definitions.


74 posted on 03/04/2011 10:10:04 PM PST by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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