----- Original Message ----- From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <brin-l@mccmedia.com> Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 9:43 PM Subject: Re: Permission Slips Re: Rhetorical Questions RE: RemovingDictators Re: PeacefulchangeL3
> At 07:37 PM 4/25/2005 -0700, Dave Land wrote: > >> You are conflating two separate things: > >> a) "serious consideration of the opinions of other nations before > >> acting" > >> and > >> b) "agreement from other nations before acting" > > > >"Tomayto, tomahto, potayto, potahto. Let's call the whole thing off." > > Well, I think we have reached an impasse here. > > I see a gaping distinction between the above two propositions. You see > them as being the difference between potato and potatoe. > > As such, I guess that we don't have any common ground to stand on on this > issue. In his response to me, though, that wasn't his point. We agree there is a difference between 1 and 2. I think that David was accurate in pointing out that the use of the words "permission slip" intentionally brought up images of what kids bring home from school for their parents to sign. I think that is the point....although the song could throw one off. :-) Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
