[Mad Dawg]

IN fairness (just for giggles), the term "Protestant" seems to be ambiguous. If it is indeed a proper noun and thus worthy of a big 'p' at the beginning, to whom does it refer? My impression was that at the beginning it referred to those who answered the question, "Is the Pope a Catholic?" with a resounding "HAIL no!". I mean all those who thought that the "Religion" of which the Holy Father was the official honcho was NOT universal in any meaningful sense of the word.

Now, judging by what I read here, there are those who think it means "sort of vaguely Calvinist" and Unitarians and maybe Episcopalians are not really "Protestant".

And the question of whether the word is a "proper" (as opposed to vulgar) noun (especially when one considers that its form is that of a participle, a verbal adjective, so it must be an adjective used as a substantive -- my head hurts) is , well, confusing.

The target doesn't define itself. So let's just fire a lot of rounds and hope some of them hit. It may not be right, but it's sho' 'nuff understandable.

[OLD REGGIE]

The target doesn't define itself. So let's just fire a lot of rounds and hope some of them hit. It may not be right, but it's sho' 'nuff understandable.

I've seen the term "they" used frequently. This is all encompassing and totally fallacious, but, no matter.