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To: El Sordo
Jus’ wondering...

Have you ever actually looked up the meaning of “Posterity”?

If you think you have a point, go ahead and make it. This isn't going to end well for you.

287 posted on 09/12/2011 7:38:43 AM PDT by edge919
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To: edge919
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/posterity

Definition of POSTERITY

1: the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation

2: all future generations

Or!

http://dictionaries.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=posterity*1+0&dict=A

posterity

the people who will exist in the future

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That's what I mean.

The word doesn't exclusively connotate the direct descendants of the speaker.

To say that the context you cite was a comment on birthright citizenship strains the bounds of credulity to a rather large degree...

Hmmm... That ended pretty well.

293 posted on 09/12/2011 8:21:19 AM PDT by El Sordo (The bigger the government, the smaller the citizen.)
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