From: fredp151@gmail.com   
      
   On 4/10/20 8:16 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > In article , jimgysin@geemail.com.invalid wrote:   
   >> moviePig sent the following on 4/8/20 at 5:44 PM:   
   >>> On 4/8/2020 5:37 PM, Jim G. wrote:   
   >>>> Adam H. Kerman sent the following on 4/8/20 at 4:01 PM:   
   >>>>> BTR1701  wrote:   
   >   
   >>>>>> So we can call viruses germs even though they're scientifically not,   
   >>>>>> because common parlance doesn't require absolute accuracy or something,   
   >>>>>> but for some reason Wuhan Flu is wrong, wrong, wrong, because science   
   >>>>>> says COVID-19.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> Is there some kind of rulebook you guys put out for when the actual   
   >>>>>> rules of language apply and when they don't?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Stop it. In this context, "germ" is synonymous with "pathogen", a use   
   >>>>> that appears to have originated in ancient times with a theory about   
   >>>>> unseen spore-like seeds causing disease.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The last time I looked, you and BTR and Pig and I did not live in   
   >>>> ancient times. What matters TODAY is what science knows TODAY.   
   >>>   
   >>> This isn't about science, but about conventional English.   
   >>   
   >> And there you go again. Like clockwork. Your defense is once again   
   >> something along the lines of: "I'm not wrong; I was just using words the   
   >> same way that other people do when THEY'RE using them incorrectly."   
   >   
   > Moviepig is RAT's very own Norm Chomsky, dontcha know.   
   >   
   >   
      
   Funnier the second time... in 10 minutes.  A real dick-slapper.   
      
   --   
   Trump's Coronavirus Response = Benghazi! (tm) X 50,000.   
      
   Donald Trump on COVID-19: "There will be a lot of death,   
   unfortunately..."  4-4-20   
      
   "When you have 15 people, and the 15 within a couple of days is going to   
   be down to close to zero, that's a pretty good job we've done...   
   especially with the fact that we’re going down, not up.” We’re going   
   very substantially down, not up."  (4-7-20: 370,000 confirmed cases and   
   11,000 deaths.)   
      
   Trump: "No, I don't take responsibility at all." - 3/13/20   
   Trump: "I happen to feel good about it, but who knows. I’ve been right a   
   lot." - 3/20/20   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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