Guns will protect you from tsunamis.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by yesman065

I had other less mature responses for you too...

There's a difference between "standing on the moral high ground" and "not struggling because you're in quicksand".

[yesman065]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

There's a difference between "standing on the moral high ground" and "not struggling because you're in quicksand".

"Message refused. Return to Sender"

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by yesman065

"Message refused. Return to Sender"

If you actually have nothing to say, consider the STFU option. Having the last word is meaningless if you haven't said anything. And it's even worse if nobody can understand what you said.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

If you actually have nothing to say, consider the STFU option. Having the last word is meaningless if you haven't said anything. And it's even worse if nobody can understand what you said.

I understood it. I'm almost certain I'm not the only one who did.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I understood it. I'm almost certain I'm not the only one who did.

I'm almost certain you think so.

I'm almost certain you think you understood it, too.

It's not at all hard to project your own beliefs onto the words of others...no matter how sematically bankrupt the words themselves may be. In fact, that makes it easier...a tabula rasa makes the best projection screen...

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

It's not at all hard to project your own beliefs onto the words of others...

For example, thinking that if you didn't understand something, nobody else could have either?

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

For example, thinking that if you didn't understand something, nobody else could have either?

The phrase in question didn't involve much in the way of belief...it pretty much turned on standard English usage and the law of the excluded middle. Quote marks have meaning, and punctuation matters.

On the other hand, appeals to logic won't sway those whose beliefs include "all points of view are legitimate and thus deserve equal weight".

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

I'm almost certain you think so.

I'm almost certain you think you understood it, too.

It's not at all hard to project your own beliefs onto the words of others...no matter how sematically bankrupt the words themselves may be. In fact, that makes it easier...a tabula rasa makes the best projection screen...

Very pretty Maggie, but unfortunately, a load of bullshit. It was very clear what was intended.

[MaggieL]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

Very pretty Maggie, but unfortunately, a load of bullshit. It was very clear what was intended.

OK. Since it was so clear, suppose you explain why

They are both kept at my parents home so that there are no accidents.

...means the same thing as...

They are both kept at my parents home so that there are no "accidents."

...since yesman065 claimed after the fact that the quote marks were neither ironic nor an error.

[yesman065]

Originally Posted by MaggieL

If you actually have nothing to say, consider the STFU option.

Ok, hey MaggieL STFU.