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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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To: OneWingedShark

Is English not your first language? Every single definition you posted makes my point. “A requirement for an an agreement” is always voluntary,as you aren’t being forced to agree. By your logic a person is forced to pay whatever the asking price is for a car, because the dealer refuses to come down on the price, but the reality is that you can decide not to buy that car. You are arguing that the dealer should be forced to accept what you believe is a reasonable price.
I don’t think anyone can be as obstinate as you are being without doing so on purpose, so let me put this more bluntly. One of the main reasons I have weapons is to prevent people like you from coming to my home and dictating your rules to me.


75 posted on 03/05/2011 5:26:03 AM PST by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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