On Mon, 21 Nov 1994, James A. Donald wrote:
Black Unicorn writes
Wow, all that from a few lines of original text? (Oh well).
Our enemies are industriously corrupting the language in order to make the ideas of liberty inexpressible. In particular they are seeking to make the concepts behind the declaration of independence and the bill of rights unspeakably and therefore, they hope, unthinkable.
Thus it is often necessary to do a lengthy exegesis, in order to explain what they are really saying -- see for example certain recent flame wars.
Wow, all that from a few lines of original text? :)
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