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Originally Posted by Janszoon
The whole point of my last post was ...
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... completely irrelevant?
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Originally Posted by Fal
No, you ignored the point.
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Originally Posted by Fal
... and ignores (again) the original point made.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
Words mean whatever they are popularly perceived to mean.
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No. Words mean what they are intended to mean by the speaker. Otherwise, black people calling friends ******s would cause a hell of a lot more arguments than it does.
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
(a) completely misunderstood the point of my last post and (b) have a poor grasp of how language actually works.
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I bow to your English diploma, and mightier e-penis. Maybe, however, I ignored the point of your last post because it was unproductive, irrelevant and wrong? Maybe it's only with hindsight that your point has apparently changed?
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Originally Posted by Janszoon
attempted Wikipedia refutation
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I didn't "attempt to refute" the Wikipedia reference. I ignored as a dis-contextualised non-sequitur.
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Originally Posted by Fal
Although to be honest my original intent wasn't to start an argument as to who was right or wrong, just to encourage people to think outside of the box that society demands of us. To put into perspective the self-certainty that society has on it's own internal viewpoints.
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Just wanted to make sure you hadn't missed this. I'm quite happy if you'd like to continue to argue.