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Old November 22nd 03, 04:03 PM
Chris Jones
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Default A really great essay by Keith Cowing

h (Rand Simberg) writes:

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 09:52:24 -0500, in a place far, far away, Chris
Jones made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
way as to indicate that:

What "claim" am I making here?


"All kinds of politicians get shot at, but liberals seem to have a
higher mortality rate."


The operative words being "seem to." Not a particularly strong claim.


In the words of Pat Paulsen, "Picky, picky, picky." Here's a claim for
you (I won't say whether you should consider it strong or not): we sure
do like to argue.