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To: logi_cal869
You wrote:
One who claims that human breeding is the result of the stupid, weak and genetically-defective?

Quote one word in which I support the actions of the NHS. Or, as you chose to do, MIS-quote me out of context.

Ok: to deal with this problem.
This phrase indicates an active doing, quite different from (e.g.) this will resolve in one of three ways.

Now, I will grant that this could be the result of training against use of a passive-voice, but it is very, very common that passive voice be used in describing processes (where the actor, if any, is irrelevant).

29 posted on 02/05/2015 11:10:30 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

Lol. Akin to ‘non-denial denial’. A “Non-apology apology”.

Ok. Fine. I’ll take that.


31 posted on 02/05/2015 11:20:16 PM PST by logi_cal869 (-cynicus-)
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