[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/27/2007 10:12:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Can you provide a usage of this that's not invented by you? I
checked out dictionary.com and found these:
1. a person who is confined in prison or kept in custody,
esp. as the result of legal process.
2. prisoner of war.
3. a person or thing that is deprived of liberty or kept in
restraint.
Kyle:
You know as well as the next person that Glenn was using the term
loosely. We all understand what he meant. An argument based on a
denotation of a term whose connotation everyone understands with
essentially zero ambiguity is an example of the class of "logical
fallacies" usually called "Red Herrings" or, sometimes "Smoke Screens."
And even by the generally accepted definition of "prisoner," Glenn was
blowing smoke and Kyle called him on it.
Of course, if we're allowed to use the term "loosely," then we could
call you a slumlord with total impunity. We don't, because we k now what
the word means, and we know you: do don't try to buy Glenn leniency on
something you wou;dn't tolerate if it were at your expense.
----
You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the
list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see
<http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
