Ed Leafe wrote: > On Apr 7, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > > >>> Again, no geologic basis for this. >>> >>> >> i) We were not talking about geology. >> > > > Really? Continents have no basis in geology? Plate tectonics either? > To cite our friend Stephen (a well known authority) """Continents are just demarcation of landmasses nothing more""" :-P If continents had really a basis in geology then South America would be part of the African continent. This is not so. I think Stephen is almost right, after all if you look at the etymology of the word it comes from "continent", something that contains.
> Your constant playing with the trolls seems to have rubbed off on you: > ignore scientific explanations when they don't fit your agenda. > Christ!!! Now you've got me worried! >> ii) I wouldn't mind so much if you called people from USA something >> else, "assholes" or whatever. But you are using a term that properly >> addresses my country as well as many other countries too. >> > > I'm sure that there are quite a few assholes in your country, as well > as every other country on the planet. > And then some. But I was not talking about my country, and I was not saying there are many assholes in USA, it was just a reference to an alternative common use of the word "asshole" to design inhabitants of USA. I mean, it would have two meanings (just like "America") one to qualify (or disqualify) an individual (just like "America" as a continent), and another to refer to the citizens of USA (just like "American" as a US citizen). > >> iii) It is good to remind some of you people that you are not the center >> of the universe, not even a continent nor a subcontinent, but just one >> of many countries. Kind of telling them "memento mori" or "respice post >> te. Hominem te memento" or the better known "sic transit gloria". Many >> of your leaders would need a slave at their backs whispering this. >> > > Now we are getting to the heart: it has nothing to do with accuracy; it > has to do with your political viewpoint. It would be much more refreshing to > not hide behind linguistic arguments and simply stick to political arguments. > Remember two things: > Well, after all we are in OT land here, what did you expect. Whilst the rules of engagement (in an argument, of course) are street rules and not the marquis of// Queensberry's, then I'll keep punching under the belt (and biting, kneeing, kicking, elbowing and whatever comes handy). > 1) Not everyone in the US who uses the term 'American' sees the country as > the center of the universe. > That's why I was *very* careful of using the word "some" and not "all", as in "some of you people" > 2) Getting those in the US who do see this country as "the best" (whatever > that means) to stop saying 'America' when referring to just the USA will not > change their POV one iota. They will continue with the jingoistic rants no > matter what. > Nothing will change their POV, I know that well enough. But with me it's kind of a sport. Besides which I got to cite a lot of web sites and use some latin phrases. Wow, I feel like I might be turning into a clone of our friend Minimus! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
