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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: zonder who wrote (36328)6/10/2005 9:51:52 AM
From: Oeconomicus  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
'"Similar" does not mean "equal".'

LOL. And "equate" doesn't mean "equal" either.

To be precise, "similar" means:

"Related in appearance or nature; alike though not identical."

And "equate", which is the term I used, means:

"To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent: equates inexperience with youth."

As you can plainly see, when you declare our "atrocities", which you still refuse to specify, "similar" to those of European nations over the centuries, you are, in fact, equating the two. So I ask again, exactly what atrocities are you alleging that you feel are similar to the historical atrocities of European nations against each other, against their own, and against their colonial subjects?
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