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   Aqua  wrote:   
      
   > Jonathan L Cunningham wrote:   
   > > Paul Howard  wrote:   
   >   
   > >> Actually, it's a misquote.  The actual quote goes "the love of money is   
   the   
   > >> root of all evil".  For that matter, I believe that Jonathan was wondering   
   > >> where the misquote came from.   
   > >   
   > > Yes, I was wondering how "love of money" came to be "money".   
   > >   
   > > That's a bit like taking "paedophilia is evil" and concluding that   
   > > therefore children are all evil. Or blaming a woman for inciting a man   
   > > to rape her.   
   > >   
   > > The fallacy is a bit more obvious in the last two examples: why isn't it   
   > > equally obvious when applied to money? Curious, eh?   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > You obviously don't live in the country that has been reducing payouts   
   > to rape victims because they were drunk at the time.   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > I look forward to a time when women won't be blamed for being raped.   
      
   Well, then I have to wonder where *that* fallacy comes from, too.   
      
   Where does it end? Are murder victims blamed for being murdered? (It's   
   your own fault. If you hadn't gone to that motel, the psycho mad axeman   
   wouldn't have wanted to chop you to pieces. You should have gone to a   
   different motel.)   
      
   --   
   Jonathan L Cunningham   
      
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