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To: dangus
What I am asking is does the use of the word, "we," suggest that an opinion is held by a multiplicity of speakers: the administration AND the solicitor.

No. "We" is used all the time by defense lawyers and the like. It doesn't at all imply that he agrees. Mining his arguments as a lawyer for statements about abortion is 100% useless.

He's Catholic and conservative though, so he probably does oppose abortion. We just can't say for sure going by what is on the record.

15 posted on 07/20/2005 9:45:00 AM PDT by Phocion (biologists : evolution :: economists : free trade -- on FR this analogy can have multiple meanings!)
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To: Phocion

Thanks for being on subject. Can you cite me an instance of a lwayer using "we" when he did not hold a position?


17 posted on 07/20/2005 9:47:54 AM PDT by dangus
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