[BFix] FW: The new Socialism!

[Formerjughead at aol.com]

I admitted to missing the point you were making in the reference to  "Mi-Lia" 
(My-Lai) so please enlighten me.
 
Just because a word has been in use for 80 odd years doesn't mean that it  is 
proper or generally accepted. Again you have glossed over the facts and  
extracted what you need to vindicate your point. 
 
I never said that the word didn't exist. The most frequently repeated  
remark, by usage commentators, is that it does not exist. The publishers of the  
"Mirriam- Webster Dictionary" go on to say that even though the word does exist  
"it is far from general acceptance" and the word "regardless" should be used  
instead.
 
You really don't spend much time reading anything more than news papers and  
magazines do you?
 
Quixotically waiting

 
 
In a message dated 4/27/2008 11:50:25 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
sfu at roadrunner.com writes:

Proved  my previous comment and then some.   I see you found your  
dictionary again as well.  If you would have raised your head from  the 
keyboard during your haste to correct my spelling, you would have felt  
the breeze as the point passed by just over your head.  I guess I  didn't 
type it slow enough for you.

""there is no such  word." There is such a word..."   Spoken in true 
double-speak  fashion.  Your given reference acknowledges that it has 
been in use  for at least 80 years but it doesn't exist according to you. 


Steve  Urban
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sfu at roadrunner.com

Formerjughead at aol.com  wrote:
> "My-Lia" rings no bells.  It does look to be a dyslexic  bastardization 
> of "My-Lai" though. If you are using that as an  argument, in support 
> of your opinion, then you realize that Lt.  William Calley was 
> convicted of ordering the murder of 128 persons  and was sentenced to 
> life in prison. The sentence was later  re-adjusted so that Calley only 
> served 4 1/2 months in Leavenworth.  The other 26 people, in Calley's 
> chain of command or otherwise  associated with the massacre, were 
> either found not guilty or  acquitted.
>  
> Calley's sentence was reduced, on appeal,  because he felt that he was 
> following the intent of the orders given  to him by his Company 
> Commander Capt. Ernest Medina.
>   
> So maybe you are going to tell me about how the excuse of "Just  
> following orders" does not excuse someone from committing war crimes.  
> The precedent that was set forth at the Nuremberg and Tokyo War  Crimes 
> Tribunals.
>  
> So I guess I don't see the  logic or I don't know what you are talking 
> about.
>   
> The transcripts of the Calley Court Martial are available through the  
> Freedom of Information Act and can be viewed in the electronic  reading 
> room of the FBI's web site.
>  
>  ps.
>  
> *Main Entry:* ir·re·gard·less
> *Function:*  /adverb/
> *Pronunciation:* "ir-i-'gärd-l&s
> *Etymology:*  probably blend of /irrespective /and /regardless/
> *:* *REGARDLESS *  <javascript:lookWord('regardless');>
> *usage */Irregardless  /originated in dialectal American speech in the 
> early 20th century.  Its fairly widespread use in speech called it to 
> the attention of  usage commentators as early as 1927. The most 
> frequently repeated  remark about it is that "there is no such word." 
> There is such a  word, however. It is still used primarily in speech, 
> although it can  be found from time to time in edited prose. Its 
> reputation has not  risen over the years, and it is still a long way 
> from general  acceptance. Use /regardless /instead.
>
> Just because you can say  it and write it doesn't make it a word.
>  
>  Brad
>  
>  
>  
> In a message dated  4/26/2008 6:41:09 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 
> sfu at roadrunner.com  writes:
>
>     Yes I am aware of  "saluting-the-rank-not-the-man" but I am also aware
>      that the rank doesn't protect the man if he fails to live up to it   
>     My-Lia ring any bells?  As I stated before  you would have made a very
>     nice Tory lap dog and  there really isn't much point to this anymore
>     since  you seem to be able to carry on both sides of the argument
>   irregardless of my actual input.
>
>   Good night, and good luck.
>
>      Steve Urban
>
>
>
>
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