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Alex Heney on 21 Aug 2006 07:01 On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 23:46:48 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > >"Alex Heney" <me8(a)privacy.net> wrote in message >news:90ohe2p2em708dre2hu1mn9lv435rigm5l(a)4ax.com >> On Sun, 20 Aug 2006 08:07:12 +0100, "Ivor Jones" >> <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: >> >> > "Ian Dalziel" <iandalziel(a)lineone.net> wrote in message >> > news:ro9fe2lft5h14ol1jqc4ddhf06c1o5ie4r(a)4ax.com >> > >> > [snip] >> > >> > > Could it be that you are "defined" even better by the >> > > phrase "illiterate fuckwit"? >> > >> > Ah, the foul language argument again. >> > >> > Do you still not get it..? As soon as you start >> > swearing to make your point, you immediately become >> > completely and totally wrong, even if you weren't to >> > start with. >> > >> >> That statement is totally, utterly wrong. >> >> The language used does not alter the validity of the >> point AT ALL. > >It does, purely and simply because it shows the user of the swear word to >be intellectually incapable of making a point without such usage. It shows no such thing. >That in >itself is enough to convince me that they are wrong. If they were right, >they would be able to argue their point without swearing. > There is a difference between being able to do something, and wanting to do it. If you assume that people only swear because they have no choice, then you would probably be right in the argument. But that assumption is *way* off beam, and without it, your argument falls down. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Copy from another: plagiarism. Copy from many: research. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Adrian on 21 Aug 2006 07:02 Alex Heney (me8(a)privacy.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying : > You can be a native of anything that is defined as a place. Quite. Just ask any proud Yorkshireman, Cornishman or Geordie.
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Alex Heney on 21 Aug 2006 07:04 On 20 Aug 2006 09:12:00 GMT, Adrian <toomany2cvs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Alex Heney (me8(a)privacy.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were >saying : > <snip> >> >> I suspect the country you are thinking of is the country called "The >> United States of America". > >Commonly referred to as America - and residents of said country being known >as "United Statesians?" No more than the citizens of the United Kingdom are known as "United Kingdomians". -- Alex Heney, Global Villager The buck doesn't even slow down here! To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
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Alex Heney on 21 Aug 2006 07:05 On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:20 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > >"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:B9idnWE6dYVQxXTZnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)bt.com >> "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message >> news:4ksbd3Fd6cjpU18(a)individual.net... >> >> > I don't have to offer an explanation. I have actually >> > done so, but you refuse to accept it, in exactly the >> > same way I refuse to accept being called a European. >> >> You have given no explanation as to why your are not >> European. Please feel free to do so. > >I have done so. Ad nauseum. You refuse to accept my explanation. Your >problem. You have never given any explanation at all. The closest you have ever come to explaining it is to say you are not one. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager A procrastinator's work is never done. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom
From: Alex Heney on 21 Aug 2006 07:05
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 08:31:20 +0100, "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote: > > >"Brimstone" <brimstone(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:B9idnWE6dYVQxXTZnZ2dnUVZ8s-dnZ2d(a)bt.com >> "Ivor Jones" <ivor(a)despammed.invalid> wrote in message >> news:4ksbd3Fd6cjpU18(a)individual.net... >> >> > I don't have to offer an explanation. I have actually >> > done so, but you refuse to accept it, in exactly the >> > same way I refuse to accept being called a European. >> >> You have given no explanation as to why your are not >> European. Please feel free to do so. > >I have done so. Ad nauseum. You refuse to accept my explanation. Your >problem. You have never given any explanation at all. The closest you have ever come to explaining it is to say you are not one. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager A procrastinator's work is never done. To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |