At 09:16 -0400 2003-06-27, John Cowan wrote:
Michael Everson scripsit:

 Oh, come on. Let's not put words in people's mouths. Ifs and mights
 are not facts.

Expressed attitudes are facts, and it's reasonable to extrapolate people's future behaviors, at least the general trend thereof, from their expressed attitudes. When someone draws a line in the sand, it's not unreasonable to expect that crossing it will be taken as a declaration of war.

But you might trot on over with a white flag to parley about a problem.


They're only human beings over there, just as we are over here.
--
Michael Everson * * Everson Typography *  * http://www.evertype.com



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