Author: Marcos Christensen
Date: 13:22:55 07/04/00
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On July 03, 2000 at 19:02:30, Chris Whittington wrote:
>On July 03, 2000 at 18:32:02, Chris Whittington wrote:
>
>>On July 03, 2000 at 18:15:01, Mogens Larsen wrote:
>>
>>>On July 03, 2000 at 17:57:43, Chris Whittington wrote:
>>>
>>>>Imagining all great men are English is a data failure. Or it could just be good
>>>>for you (if you're English, your English).
>>>>
>>>>Mixing "your" and "you're" is a processing failure.
>>>>
>>>>Fortunately, flakey memory is less important than flakey process. You can cure
>>>>one with an encylopedia. You need an education to cure the other.
>>>>
>>>>Touche. Or not. We are all flawed humans. Youd [sic] be better getting me on its
>>>>and it's - I'm very flakey on those. Or you could try ridiculous and rediculous
>>>>- good and famous on this ng (it was a good 'fake-alike' detector before the
>>>>perpetrator realised). Seperate and separate - also.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Chris Whittington
>>>
>>>I never confuse "you're" with "your" or "it's" with "its". It happened because I
>>>changed my mind about the sentence in question and typed too fast, which is an
>>>internet hazard I believe. But if you're convinced that your estimation of my
>>>apparent mistake is correct, don't change it on my behalf. Good excuses are, as
>>>they say, easy to come by.
>>>
>>>Best wishes...
>>>Mogens
>>
>>Fine, no problem.
>>
>>I don't have a clue who said the phrase in question. Actually I have my doubts
>>that it was Voltaire. There's no reference to it in "Coconuts" that I can
>>remember. But probably Gomboc is right - no reason why he would invent it.
>>
>
>Voltaire it was - just found the quote:
>
>To Helvetius: "I do not agree with a word you say, but I will defend to the
>death your right to say it."
>
>It's easy to defend the right to speak of those you agree with.
>
>Very difficult to want to do so for those with whom you profoundly disagree.
>
>But that is they key.
>
>With apologies for the nationalistic hijack.
>
>
>Chris Whittington
Yes! That's the spirit.Congratulations Mr. Whittington
Kind regards
Marcos Christense
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