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On Sunday 12 September 2010 00:15:34 Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> But since you're not convinced, now it would be nice, for my own |
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> education, and perhaps someone else's, that you elaborated a bit |
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> more. What exactly do you find non convincing in that usage of the |
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> adjective? How would you express the concept better? |
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I did say I wasn't getting at you in particular, but what I dislike is |
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being bombarded by the broadcast media with "potential this" and |
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"possible that", when only a few years ago no-one would have dreamed of |
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putting the extra word in. We even heard of someone being charged with |
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an alleged crime recently, which is plain nonsense. |
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A risk is a risk, no matter how indirect it starts out. |
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But this is all way off-topic, so I propose to pipe down. No-one's likely |
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to be convinced anyway. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. Linux Counter 5290, 1994-04-23. |
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