Re: [s-d] Re: [s-b] Squid, take 2

[Jake Eakle <jseakle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, but the phrase 'anything would be better than my interpretation' also
implies that you would prefer a second holocaust, which makes you evil. I
arbitrarily rule that players who are evil have no say about anything
whatsoever, and ought to be slapped. :-P



On 11/21/04 3:48 PM, "Jeremy Cook" <athena@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 21, 2004 at 06:26:02PM -0500, Daniel Lepage wrote:
>> 
>> On Nov 21, 2004, at 6.13 PM, Jeremy Cook wrote:
>>> Aaargh... Black Holes don't destroy themselves. Doesn't your doctrine
>>> of
>>> strict interpretation even allow you to interpret "any piece on the
>>> same
>>> square as a Black Hole" to exclude the Black Hole itself?
>> 
>> In order for that to exclude the Black Hole, you'd have to convince me
>> that either the Black Hole isn't a piece, or it isn't on the same
>> square as a Black Hole...
> 
> In English, "any" is often used to mean "any other", when it's clear
> that a strict interpretation of "any" isn't what's intended. For
> instance, "anything would be better than your interpretation" is
> understood not as a contradiction, but as saying "anything else...".
> 
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