[PhxTM06]

Actually he did imply that, any impartial person will agree with it and that's where the firestorm came from. Maybe that is not what he MEANT to say, but once it comes out of your mouth, it's out there and that is what the vast majority of people took it to mean.

IE........words have consequences.

[shhrubbery!]

Actually he did imply that

You are misconstruing the word "imply." Akin absolutely did not imply the demeaning extrapolation made by the poster. But she, the poster, absolutely did infer it.

Yes, words mean things. You should use the word "imply" carefully.