OKAY: I WAS WRONG

NRO - Corner ^ | Aug 29, 2003 | N/A

[Elisha]

Who was wrong and what was he wrong about?

[beckett]

My pedantic streak compels me to point out that et al., latin for and others, requires a period only after al., which is an abbreviation of the latin word alia (others). Et, the latin word for and, is complete and unabbreviated.

It's et al., not et. al.

Now I feel better.

[swilhelm73]

This is all in relation to a recent study out of Stanford (IIRC) that conservatives are mentally ill and notable conservatives include Limbaugh, Reagan, Hitler, and Stalin.

Ramesh argued the follow up to the zstudy was persuasive...and someone emailed this article in to him, arguing to the contrary...and rather effectively.

[beckett]

This thread should help explain it. Basically four professors wrote a paper for the American Psychological Association claiming to prove that conservatives are nuts.

[GSWarrior]

I thought this was going to be a pro-McClintock thread.

[Elisha]

Good Point. I will try and remember that.

My egotistical streak, compels me to point out the link below, to a story, of what could happen, were the world to accept this study's phsyco-babble, as Truth.

And please feel free to point out all of my punctuation errors. It should keep you busy for sometime.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/971746/posts

[MEG33]

Hey..I like it when I learn something I might have over looked ,forgotten,or never known!

[Elisha]

That makes too of us.

[MEG33]

LOL!

[Elisha]

If you think that's funny, you should see the way I spell neccessary. I can never remember if it's 2 s's and 1 c, or vice versa, so I just use too of each.

[jocon307]

You are correct! Let us also take a brief moment to remember that recap. is an abbreviation of recapitulation.

There, now I feel better too!

[going hot]

nessa...pause...sary except c's for s's

[Richard Axtell]

Far from proving that Conservatism is caused by mental illness, these "academicians" unwittingly prove that leftist ideology is a paranoid delusion, much akin to the repressive use of Soviet psychoanalysis, which condemned those unfortunates who did not worship Marxism dogma to mental institutions and drug induced incarceration. Fear of reality, and fear of discovery of the fundamental fraud of leftist thought is behind this insidious and corrupt abuse of psuedo-science, meant only to justify some future rationale of political thought control. The Soviets failed in their vain attempt to stifle rational thought and dissent against their failed ideology and were totally discredited due to their own excesses. Perhaps these self deluding "men of letters" will find a similar fate.

[foreverfree]

bump

[Elisha]

No kidding? It's that easy? I'm gonna bookmark this page, in case I forget. Thanks!

[MEG33]

That's why I have dictionary on the top of my favorites site.I used to be a good speller but the passage of time and the fact I wasn't a typist had me humbled very fast!I don't trust myself.. but find it's not a capital crime on FR!I look it up sometimes just to appease the compulsive/obsessive streak in me! I also find typing makes it easy to use there for their,two for too,sight for site,etc.

[going hot]

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[Elisha]

You appear to be a very sensible young woman.

[Elisha]

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