Re: Cheney's Halliburton to Control Iraqi Oil?
Daniel Cassidy <[email protected]>
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On Sunday 11 May 2003 1:24 pm, Daniel Cassidy wrote: > > the phrase, as to the parts of the law, has been around since at least > > the 18th century, when colley cibber had it as "eleven points of the > > law." > > Well, I consider the difference between nine tenths and nine elevenths to > be fairly nominal, especially since nobody has the time to sit down and > actually work out how much of an influence posession has on the law. > Empirical evidence suggests, to me, that either saying is fairly close to > the truth. Hmm, I believe I just misunderstood what you wrote there. In any case, the phrase has changed over time, and what it was originally has no bearing whatsoever on the truth, or otherwise, of the modern version. It's just a saying; it's used to illustrate an argument rather than form the body of it. Either you agree with the saying, or you don't; the effect on the rest of the argument is precisely zero -- dan "Were i susceptible to having my mind changed, it would have changed my mind" - Matthew Parris Kde-cafe mailing list - [email protected] http://ofb.biz/lists/listinfo.cgi/kde-cafe DISCLAIMER: The views expressed on this mailinglist are the personal opinions of the author and do not represent OfB.biz: Open for Business, KDE or the author's employer.