ESA Funding question

Rand Simberg wrote:
On 30 Jun 2003 08:05:01 GMT, in a place far, far away, Hop David
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:


Obviously, when I say "everyone," I'm speaking colloquially, since
it's not possible for me to literally know what everyone is saying.
If the shoe fits, wear it. If not, don't.


I didn't know colloquial was a synonym for false.


It's not.

Universal quantifiers are favored by narrow minded folks who lean on 2-D
stereotypes. Saying "All those Republicans are racists." or "Everyone
with black skin is lazy." isn't speaking colloquially. It's speaking
falsely.



Learn something new every day.


I imagine you run across new facts every day, though it's not at all
clear whether or not you ever learn.


Right you are. Still haven't learned the existence of Iraqi WMDs is an
indisputable fact. Just show me the WMDs.

Hop
http://clowder.net/hop/index.html

On 1 Jul 2003 22:00:06 GMT, in a place far, far away, Hop David
made the phosphor on my monitor glow
in such a way as to indicate that:

I didn't know colloquial was a synonym for false.

It's not.

Universal quantifiers are favored by narrow minded folks who lean on 2-D
stereotypes. Saying "All those Republicans are racists." or "Everyone
with black skin is lazy." isn't speaking colloquially. It's speaking
falsely.

They're also favored by folks who are typing quickly on Usenet and
don't expect people to take them literally when that would be an
obviously ridiculous and foolish interpretation.

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