From: davidc@wa-wd.com   
      
   On Mon, 25 Aug 2025 18:10:24 -0000 (UTC), Mark Shaw    
   wrote:   
      
   >Adam H. Kerman  wrote:   
   >> Mark Shaw  wrote:   
   >   
   >> >>>>Hesh was a businessman? On his good days, perhaps. He was corrupt as   
   >> >>>>hell. Except for the restaurant owner, you don't become friends with   
   >> >>>>Tony if you're not a crook.   
   >   
   >> >>>Usury is a business, no?   
   >   
   >> >>It's been made a crime in some states, but Hesh, among other things, was   
   >> >>a loanshark. It's the threat of violence or death that makes it not a   
   >> >>business.   
   >   
   >> >I don't see how illegality and violence makes a business not a   
   >> >business. But then again IANAL, so who knows?   
      
   It was an honest mistake that anyone could have made. There are the   
   dictionaries that are published for everyone to use, that are compiled   
   by professional linguists, and those agree with you. But they are no   
   match for the dictionary that floats around in Adam H. Kerman's head.   
      
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