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From: Ian Gregory on 5 Apr 2010 18:20 On 2010-04-05, Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> wrote: > There is no "other side", a fact which many people find too disturbing > to contemplate but one which I long ago accepted as the self-evident > truth. For all you pedants out there, feel free to substitute "prospect" for "fact". But then again, when I die I might go to Tumbolia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbolia Ian -- Ian Gregory http://www.zenatode.org.uk/
From: gtr on 5 Apr 2010 18:30 On 2010-04-05 11:16:33 -0700, Sherm Pendley said: > Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> writes: > >> On 2010-04-05, Sherm Pendley <spamtrap(a)shermpendley.com> wrote: >>> Ian Gregory <ianji33(a)googlemail.com> writes: >>> >>>> There is no "other side", a fact which >>> >>> ... is a belief, not a fact. Absence of proof is not proof of absence. >> >> Whatever. > > No, not "whatever." Words have meaning, and "belief" and "fact" do not > mean the same thing. They began to converge around 1980 during the Reagen administration. -- Thank you and have a nice day.
From: gtr on 5 Apr 2010 18:32 On 2010-04-05 15:11:15 -0700, Michelle Steiner said: > In article <1jghksf.3sb0baxjhoffN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > >> But they're the Los Angeles Angels. Does that constitute a miracle? (Not >> to mention a redundancy.) > > Actually, they're the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. If so, why don't we have the Brooklyn Dogers of Los Angeles and the Baltimore Colts of Indianapolis? -- Thank you and have a nice day.
From: gtr on 5 Apr 2010 18:34 On 2010-04-05 13:45:40 -0700, Michelle Steiner said: > In article <m24ojpbqqh.fsf(a)shermpendley.com>, > Sherm Pendley <spamtrap(a)shermpendley.com> wrote: > >>> For all practical purposes, the difference here between fact and >>> belief is moot. >> >> That difference is *precisely* what I'm talking about. What Ian happens >> to believe, and whether or not I agree with it, is immaterial. I'm >> simply arguing against the use of the word "fact" to describe something >> that has not been proven one way or another. > > Ok, then, you're being a pedant. That's true unless, to him, "pedant" means some kind of cookie. To me "pedant" is the windshield wiper on the right side. It's a fact! LIVE with it! -- Thank you and have a nice day.
From: Mike Rosenberg on 5 Apr 2010 18:38
Michelle Steiner <michelle(a)michelle.org> wrote: > > But they're the Los Angeles Angels. Does that constitute a miracle? (Not > > to mention a redundancy.) > > Actually, they're the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Yep. Makes me wonder if they're going to open franchises in other cities, with the help of Jerry Bruckheimer. -- My latest dance performance <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_9pudbFisE> Mac and geek T-shirts & gifts <http://designsbymike.net/shop/mac.cgi> Prius shirts/bumper stickers <http://designsbymike.net/shop/prius.cgi> |