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Posted by Ian Gregory on 10/15/13 11:36
On 2006-01-05, Justin <nospam@insightbb.com> wrote:
> Ian Gregory wrote on [5 Jan 2006 16:30:55 GMT]:
>>
>> But then there is the question of *why* I was using a Windows
>> box for those 40 hours. Here are the reasons I can recall:
>
> Why doesn't come into it. Claiming to have lived one's entire life
> without Windows, especially in response to a statement saying it's hard
> to do, yet having actually used Windows is not metaphor or analogy. It's
> a bold faced lie.
That is a stronger statement than I would care to make, and I do
think that "why" is relevent - but I don't want to argue the toss.
>> I am tempted to say that "I have lived my entire life without
>> windows" but it is not strictly true. On the other hand I can't
>> think of a better way to express the sentiment.
>
> "I've never used windows unless I was required to"
Not strictly accurate either but certainly more accurate and it
does express the sentiment well - good suggestion.
>> Here is another analogy. Can someone who has occasionally eaten
>> meat by accident or meat contaminated food when nothing else
>> was available say they have lived their entire life as a
>> vegetarian?
>
> Most vegetarians would say no, all vegans I know would definitely say
> no.
I think you are probably wrong about what most vegetarians would
say but I am not about to commission a poll to obtain supporting
evidence - you may be right. And there are vegans who eat meat
(roadkill) - it is about Karma, not what you eat.
But this is waaaaay of topic - sorry folks. I think I have posted
enough in this thread, I have a life to sort out:-)
Ian
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