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   Message 3,342 of 4,149   
   Peter T. Daniels to Dan Clore   
   Re: Occupation vs. War   
   08 Jul 06 14:30:39   
   
   XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english, alt.fan.rawilson   
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   From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net   
      
   Dan Clore wrote:   
   >   
   > Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
   > > Relevance to sci.lang? It's bad enough hatred of Gypsies is currently   
   > > pouring in from soc.culture.*.   
   >   
   > The relevance to sci.lang seems pretty obvious to me, since   
   > it's an essay about linguistics written by a professional   
   > linguist. (Specifically, it presents an application of   
   > linguistics to a current political issue.)   
      
   Discussion of political issues is blessedly absent from sci.lang. (If I   
   want that, I can go to rec.music.clasical.) And Lakoff is mentioned   
   almost daily on AirAmericaRadio.   
   --   
   Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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