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To: Petronski

Because that’s the definition I’m working with. The other definition is legitimate but not as universal. Most words have multiple definitions. I’m under no obligation to choose the definition that you prefer.


241 posted on 01/06/2010 11:25:38 AM PST by the_conscience (I'm a bigot: Against Jihadists and those who support despotism of any kind.)
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To: the_conscience; Petronski
Because that’s the definition I’m working with.

There is NO DEFINITION of the Catholic Church (capitalized as proper nouns) which refers to anything other than the Catholic Church of which His Holiness Benedict XVI is the pope, nor is there a definition of Catholic as a proper noun which refers to anyone other than a member of the Catholic Church.

Most words have multiple definitions. I’m under no obligation to choose the definition that you prefer.

No you aren't but when you begin to use a word as a proper noun, the applicable definitions become limited.

250 posted on 01/06/2010 11:31:31 AM PST by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: the_conscience

You rather deceptively imply a single definition for a word that, by your source, has two.


251 posted on 01/06/2010 11:34:44 AM PST by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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