Re: OT - Coulter

NJH wrote:
> "trotsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > Shitzwerg, the QUESTION "would Bush veto the bill?" begs the larger
> > question of "What is Bush's position on the draft?" [ . . . ]
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> Is literacy off topic here?
>
> The phrase "begs the question" does not have anything to do with any actual
> question. I know, I know, you've seen it used that way on TV. We all have.
> It's wrong. It's illiterate. It's yet another case of the language being
> corrupted by dimwits mimicking imbeciles. The lesson here is that you don't
> learn proper English by watching TV, or reading stuff written by other
> illiterates.


Uh, no.  English is a constantly evolving language, which is why 
Webster's feels obligated to enter in "new" words.


> It's like saying "prime lens" when you mean single-focal-length lens. It
> advertises your ignorance. It makes you look stupid to anyone who writes and
> speaks correctly.


You are really being a sore loser now, "Neil."  I wrote an entire 
paragraph about bullshit the American public has been forced to deal 
with because of Bush, and you were unable to respond.  Now you come up 
with some horseshit about "prime lenses"?  Go lick your wounds somewhere 
else.


> "Begs the question" simply means to reason badly. That's all it means.
> That's all it ever meant.
>
> It does NOT mean to *raise* some actual question, even though that is its
> current fashionable usage among illiterates.


I see.  You're just getting all "nucular" on me, right?  Bush is in 
office, stupidity is in fashion.  Don't hate me because I'm fashionable.