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Yes, after all, police are not said to be losing simply because 9 out of 10 thieves get away with it.
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Presumably at this stage of your god-daughter's education she will be learning that the language which is appropriate in a personal letter to a friendly godfather is not necessarily appropriate in other circumstances.
I do hope she is not a member of AWADtalk. If she is, it may be a long time before you get another letter from her.
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Exactly, nor are the police said to be winning when they arrest people for breaking an immoral, but just, law.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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"an imoral, but just, law."
I don't understand. Would you mind explaining?
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I don't understand. Would you mind explaining?
I was just referring to laws that once held sway, but were later overturned and now thought to be immoral. It's a matter of ethics versus jurisprudence. Perhaps just is too positive a word. Legal might be a better word, something can be legal, but at the same time is immoral.
[Edited to add final sentence.]
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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>>It's a matter of ethics versus jurisprudence. Perhaps just is too positive a word.<<
Thought so, just couldn't see it. "Just" threw me off.
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Thought so, just couldn't see it. "Just" threw me off.
My rhetoric just got carried away and ran over my semantics.
Ceci n'est pas un seing.
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This reminds me that/of the answer to "Just say no." was "Say no to just".
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