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To: one_less who wrote (12941)5/15/2002 2:16:48 AM
From: Solon   of 21057
 
"I demonstrated how charity can be viewed as a measurable attribute of any action"

No, you didn't. You demonstrated that charity, malice, fear, disrespect, respect, and stinginess were NOT measurable attributes of all actions.

"Still, I benefitted from the exercise. Sorry that you found it a waste of time."

I did not. My comment (that definitions, which do not even have internal consistency within logic were a waste of time), was clearly rhetorical; it was intended to emphasize the overwhelming importance of reliable definitions in the pursuit of sensible discussion. I am sorry you took a different meaning. I thought it was clear.
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