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[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

The two "not"s cancel, leaving:
"Feeling guilty about having been born white is racism."

You've got your scope wrong...the first not is a negation of the subject, the second not is a negation of the object.

If it was a joke, it was almost funny.

[HungLikeJesus]

Originally Posted by grant

You've got your scope wrong...the first not is a negation of the subject, the second not is a negation of the object.

If it was a joke, it was almost funny.

Grant, I didn't mean that in the syntactical-grammatical-morphological double negative sense, but the implication is the same. It's like saying, for example, "If you don't eat my lunch, I won't hit you," which implies, "If you do eat my lunch, I will hit you." (Sorry, that's not a great example, but I'm hungry.)

Is masturbation a form of homosexuality?

[Perry Winkle]

Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus

Grant, I didn't mean that in the syntactical-grammatical-morphological double negative sense, but the implication is the same. It's like saying, for example, "If you don't eat my lunch, I won't hit you," which implies, "If you do eat my lunch, I will hit you." (Sorry, that's not a great example, but I'm hungry.)

Hah, I completely misunderstood what you said the first time. Go me.