On 9/27/06, Jay R. Ashworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 10:48:09PM -0400, C F wrote:
> On 9/27/06, Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > And now you've made more of a claim to inventing it than Gore ever
> > did:
> >http://www.snopes.com/quotes/internet.asp .
>
> You goto be out of your cottonpicking mind or blinded by politics,
> chose whichever you want, if you have any other meaning to the
> following words:
> During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative
> in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forward a
> whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our
> country's economic growth and environmental protection, improvements
> in our educational system.
>
> If one repeats that Gore claimed he invented the Internet based on the
> above, he she is NOT taking it out of context.
Nope. One is simply wrong.
> Since the whole
> paragraph only speaks about the Intenet in that one sentence (I took
> the initiative.....), then it's NOT out of context to say that he
> claimed he invented the Internet.
Again, no, it's not out of context. It's merely incorrect.
If one chooses to interpret Gore's usage of "Internet" to mean "the
commercial Internet that we have today", then yes, the initiatives he
worked on, including NREN, probably had a lot to do with it.
OK, I'm listening, since this was on TV in English, can you explain
what other meaning Internet has in the English language?
This is my source, which disagrees with your English interpretation
for the word Internet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet
Anyone who wants to harp on Gore claiming "he invented the Internet" is
displaying an excellent command of the Strawman Argument.
Cheers,
-- jra
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