On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:53 PM, Jef Spaleta <jspal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:10 PM, darrell pfeifer <darrel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> If you continue to repeat the "eating babies" myth then it will become >> self-fulfilling. > > I would humbly suggest that use of future tense is that sentence is > overly optimistic and is misleading. I think that sentence above reads > more accurately > if reconstructed using present perfect continuous tense to indicate > that the eating babies myth has been and continues to be > self-fulfilling instead of suggesting it has yet reached that state. > > I however do not believe its a myth. I believe it is a tweetable > catchphrase which tries to encapsulate the nature of rawhide as a > collection of bits instead of having to point someone to a detailed > 1000+ word essay that goes into details of the seasonal stability > nature rawhide. I do not think it inaccurate, but it may be overly > graphic and it always makes me hungry when I see it uttered.
I always thought it killed kittens, rather than ate babies. This is so confusing. How are we to know which condiments to keep at the ready? -J > -jef > -- > devel mailing list > devel@lists.fedoraproject.org > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
