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Post #362,556
by rcareaga
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9/13/12 10:32:52 PM
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New Bah!
Do I profess hope? I do not, except insofar as I hope to evade the worst. And fatalists have always been proven right within a generation or two.

cordially,
Post #362,564
by mmoffitt
9/14/12 2:02:52 PM
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New Pedantic Nit.
You do profess hope.
Emphasis Mine.
Alas, those of us who hope for someone to rescue late-stage capitalism from its essential nature are doomed to be appalled when the prince finally shows up: it'll be a real prince.

But I cannot say that I disagree with you.
Post #362,568
by Another Scott
9/14/12 3:26:44 PM
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New Isn't that a common expression that can mean...
"'some people' but I might or might not count myself in that group"?

From the same family of expressions as the "royal 'we'", I think.

Cheers,
Scott.
Post #362,590
by mmoffitt
9/15/12 12:32:05 PM
9/15/12 12:33:14 PM
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New I don't know if that was the intent.
Personally, if it were, imo it would have been better (or at least more clear to this aging old hillbilly from the foothills of the Appalachian mountains - and that's pronounced "App-el-lat-chin", not "App-el-lay-shun" like the yankees say it :) if it had been written, "Alas, for those who hope ..." instead of, "Alas, for those of us who hope.."

YMMV. As I said, it was a pedantic nit. But I understand your point. ;0)


Edit: Dang, I can't even quote properly.
Expand Edited by mmoffitt Sept. 15, 2012, 12:33:14 PM EDT
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         Its a shame what one citizen... - (folkert) - (6) - Sept. 12, 2012, 09:54:05 AM EDT
             Can it be that our home-grown Christianists - (rcareaga) - (5) - Sept. 12, 2012, 02:27:12 PM EDT
                 They didn't like The Life of Brian in 1979 either. - (mmoffitt) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 04:48:36 PM EDT
                     Thanks. -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 12, 2012, 08:03:51 PM EDT
                 I grow very disgusted with... - (folkert) - (2) - Sept. 12, 2012, 08:07:06 PM EDT
                     They don't like you either. -NT - (rcareaga) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 09:56:17 PM EDT
                         Well... - (folkert) - Sept. 13, 2012, 09:06:32 AM EDT
         Slightly O/T: Romney's response - (rcareaga) - (1) - Sept. 12, 2012, 02:37:26 PM EDT
             ..Trying to picture a ham-fist inside a mitten. - (Ashton) - Sept. 12, 2012, 04:36:06 PM EDT
         Like I said elsewhere: "thin-skinned much?" -NT - (static) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:32:31 PM EDT
         A little scale&relativity from subsequent posts at Esquire: - (Ashton) - (8) - Sept. 12, 2012, 07:44:51 PM EDT
             O-man as tool/sellout - (rcareaga) - (7) - Sept. 12, 2012, 10:47:37 PM EDT
                 {Chortle} ... close-enough, except: - (Ashton) - Sept. 13, 2012, 03:20:14 AM EDT
                 For someone who professes hope... - (mmoffitt) - (4) - Sept. 13, 2012, 07:54:23 AM EDT
                     Bah! - (rcareaga) - (3) - Sept. 13, 2012, 10:32:52 PM EDT
                         Pedantic Nit. - (mmoffitt) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2012, 02:02:52 PM EDT
                             Isn't that a common expression that can mean... - (Another Scott) - (1) - Sept. 14, 2012, 03:26:44 PM EDT
                                 I don't know if that was the intent. - (mmoffitt) - Sept. 15, 2012, 12:33:14 PM EDT
                 The primary goal of this Republic - (mhuber) - Sept. 16, 2012, 10:05:39 PM EDT
         DangerRoom's take. - (Another Scott) - (2) - Sept. 13, 2012, 12:47:57 AM EDT
             Douglas Adams saw this coming way back when - (rcareaga) - (1) - Sept. 13, 2012, 10:03:17 AM EDT
                 That he did. There's that Tower of Babel story, too... -NT - (Another Scott) - Sept. 13, 2012, 12:47:17 PM EDT
         Man behind film appears to be fraud scammer - (jay) - (4) - Sept. 13, 2012, 03:26:58 PM EDT
             Re: Man behind film appears to be fraud scammer - (rcareaga) - Sept. 13, 2012, 10:40:38 PM EDT
             It gets better - (jay) - (2) - Sept. 14, 2012, 09:24:40 AM EDT
                 Re: It gets better - (S1mon_Jester) - Sept. 14, 2012, 02:25:43 PM EDT
                 Make Muslims look bad? Oh yes it did that alright. - (static) - Sept. 16, 2012, 04:24:30 AM EDT

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