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On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 18:11 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Thu, 27 Dec 2007 18:03:27 +0000 |
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> Roy Marples <roy@×××××××.name> wrote: |
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> > On Thu, 2007-12-27 at 17:43 +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> > > Or to put it another way, you're objecting to painting the house |
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> > > pink rather than green because you don't like pink (because your |
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> > > last house was green too), ignoring that it's been demonstrated |
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> > > that when painted green, it's impossible to add a conservatory and |
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> > > central heating because the green paint will catch fire and kill |
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> > > everyone. |
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> > Using your analogy you should then recognise that there is a strong |
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> > dislike for pink and should seek a new colour that allows the building |
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> > of said extensions. |
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> And what colour would that be? We've already ruled out purple, brown |
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> and yellow, and no-one has yet found any other colour of paint. |
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Any chance we can back on, you know, the actual topic, rather than these |
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useless analogies? |
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Thanks, |
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