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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (59290)9/20/2002 6:53:16 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
Some words can be actions. A command for example. If people that I am in authority over do something wrong or illegal at my command I can't exactly tell the police that I didn't do anything because "I just said some words". If I order someone's death I am as much their killer as the person who pulled the trigger. "Yelling fire in a crowded theater" is perhaps the classic example of words (maybe only one word) that is considered an action.

Actions speak louder then "empty meaningless words", but words can have consequences just as actions can.

Tim



To: J. C. Dithers who wrote (59290)9/20/2002 7:11:17 PM
From: The Philosopher  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 82486
 
And we also have to wonder what it means when an alias says, "I love you."

Or "I hate you."

Or "You disgust me."

Or "I consider you a highly honorable person [which may only mean that you're a very effective writer doing a great job of pretending to be a highly honorable person]"

Or "You're a traitor and should be locked up."


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