Is the foot part of the leg? - Page 2

capnhowdy · 09-13-2009, 10:09 AM

......searches for a word that takes bore to a new level......

TheMercenary · 09-13-2009, 10:12 AM

I really think this guy may have the answer for us. We should ask him.

http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=7510

capnhowdy · 09-13-2009, 10:21 AM

Just don't ask him in person.

Flint · 09-13-2009, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Leg has a superseding claim to title. So if thigh and knee, or knee and calf, or all three are involved, it is the "leg." But if knee and only knee is involved, then it shall be named the "knee" and not the "leg."

But, the question isn't "is the foot alone sufficient to indicate the entire leg?" The question is, essentially, do "the thigh, knee, calf, and foot" (together) all belong to "the leg," or do they belong to two separate groups, "the leg," and "the foot."

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZenGum

Does the leg begin at the hip and continue to the end of the toes, or does the leg end at the ankle, and have a foot attached?

This is clearly inclusive of the entire leg, the only part being in question is how far the inclusiveness continues to be in effect; so therefore I fail to see the relevance of your "if only [single body part] is involved" argument.

monster · 09-13-2009, 10:58 PM

if you were to encounter a foot amputee, I think you'd probably still view them as aving two legs. but if you encountered a leg amputee, you wouldn't count them as still having two feet. so I think we've reached the abortion question. if the foot cannot survive without the leg, does it have rights which are independant of the rights of the leg? If you believe a fetus is a separate, sacred life, then you must vote for a foot not being part of the leg.....

Sundae · 09-15-2009, 01:02 PM

Foot is part of leg as leg is part of body, grasshopper.

Flint · 09-15-2009, 01:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

if you were to encounter a foot amputee, I think you'd probably still view them as aving two legs.

And when you remove $20 from your checking account, you still have a checking account. A "part of" something can be removed.

classicman · 09-15-2009, 01:09 PM

... as hand is part of arm ... Not!

monster · 09-15-2009, 08:24 PM

We need a Godwin's law for mentioning the abortion debate. Let's call it Monster's Proclamation!!!!!11!1!!! If the current topic is likened to the abortion debate, no futher on-topic posting is allowed with the exception of other similes and metaphors

footfootfoot · 09-15-2009, 09:27 PM

I am autonomous
I am autonomous
I am autonomous

How many times do I have to tell you?

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09-13-2009, 10:09 AM	#16
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09-13-2009, 10:12 AM	#17
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I really think this guy may have the answer for us. We should ask him. http://www.cellar.org/showpost.php?p...postcount=7510 __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

09-13-2009, 10:21 AM	#18
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Just don't ask him in person. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

09-13-2009, 10:58 PM	#20
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	if you were to encounter a foot amputee, I think you'd probably still view them as aving two legs. but if you encountered a leg amputee, you wouldn't count them as still having two feet. so I think we've reached the abortion question. if the foot cannot survive without the leg, does it have rights which are independant of the rights of the leg? If you believe a fetus is a separate, sacred life, then you must vote for a foot not being part of the leg..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-15-2009, 01:02 PM	#21
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Foot is part of leg as leg is part of body, grasshopper. __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

09-15-2009, 01:09 PM	#23
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	... as hand is part of arm ... Not! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

09-15-2009, 08:24 PM	#24
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	We need a Godwin's law for mentioning the abortion debate. Let's call it Monster's Proclamation!!!!!11!1!!! If the current topic is likened to the abortion debate, no futher on-topic posting is allowed with the exception of other similes and metaphors __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-15-2009, 09:27 PM	#25
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I am autonomous I am autonomous I am autonomous How many times do I have to tell you?

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