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pinkpops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 12:33 PM
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18. There is a mathematical term called "variance" -
a statistical term, which has a precise meaning. Whenever I hear someone say "variance" in a way that does not conform to this meaning, I have to recalibrate to understand what they are saying. I believe "war" should have a precise meaning as well, and I think we have to be careful using the word because if taken literally (and in legal terms) there are consequences. This is a framing issue in a sense. By definition of war, there can be no "new kind of war". This would be Newspeak, meant to spin the truth.
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  -First of all, you have to understand we are at war... kentuck  Jul-23-05 06:20 AM   #0 
  - If we are indeed at war, we must also jail the traitors  SpiralHawk   Jul-23-05 06:23 AM   #1 
  - Doesn't treason carry the death penalty?  DoYouEverWonder   Jul-23-05 12:27 PM   #17 
  - I hope you are not serious  lumpy   Jul-23-05 06:29 AM   #2 
  - lumpy, I say it facetiously....  kentuck   Jul-23-05 06:32 AM   #4 
     - I know, Kentuck.  lumpy   Jul-23-05 06:58 AM   #10 
        - That's OK...  kentuck   Jul-23-05 07:01 AM   #11 
  - We are at war  ayeshahaqqiqa   Jul-23-05 06:30 AM   #3 
  - Beat me to it  kliljedahl   Jul-23-05 06:33 AM   #5 
  - I understand that we're at war, but the reasons WHY are what keep me up...  Cooley Hurd   Jul-23-05 06:36 AM   #6 
  - We are at war.... but we are also being warred upon by those  4MoronicYears   Jul-23-05 06:46 AM   #7 
  - Yes, and we must understand that the enemy are our friends  baby_mouse   Jul-23-05 06:49 AM   #8 
  - I Have Been At War, This Is No War  ThomWV   Jul-23-05 06:58 AM   #9 
  - You know, nobody talked like that after some guy  lectrobyte   Jul-23-05 09:55 AM   #12 
  - Ask a question in response  Walt Starr   Jul-23-05 09:58 AM   #13 
  - what war - congress has not declared war  RPM   Jul-23-05 10:08 AM   #14 
  - he means the neocons/theocons plan to exterminate dissenters/leftists  wli   Jul-23-05 12:24 PM   #15 
  - Scuse me - are we telepathic? - I bow to your thread.  pinkpops   Jul-23-05 12:26 PM   #16 
  - There is a mathematical term called "variance" -  pinkpops   Jul-23-05 12:33 PM   #18 
 

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