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    Know the difference between blogs (on the right or the left) and more credible news sources (the latter being the ones that double check their sources and provide evidence for them).
    Nowdays are there any?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Upxl
    Only thing this proves is the I.Q. off the average (US) officer.
    "off" the average US officer? Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.
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    Is 'Chuck Pitman' even a real person? Who knows.

    Yep he is a retired UNMC General , now working in the defense industry his career was mainly admin , but he also done a stint of photographic work during the Vietnam conflict and was wounded in Laos .

    He is a real person , but it says something about the rightist mindset when they take an article by a ranting columnist and falsely wrap it in the flag by attributing it to a veteran to try and make it more credible .

    If they want a genuine rant from a vet they could always use one of Ollie Norths .
    But of course with him being ever so slightly traitorous to his country it does dent his credibility somewhat .

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    "off" the average US officer? Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.
    Is English YOUR third language?

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    Wow... what were the first two?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
    Is English YOUR third language?
    Did you read what I was quoting or are you showing your IQ as well?
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    Upxl is from Belgium...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    Did you read what I was quoting or are you showing your IQ as well?
    Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

    PS: My IQ is pretty high.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
    Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

    PS: My IQ is pretty high.
    Then I'm sorry, I just found it rather funny for someone to criticize someone's intelligence when they make a mistake with the words "off" and "of".

    PS: You're still a pretentious little board troll...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
    Yes I read, but you didn't understand. He is from Belgium, he doesn't have to be perfect in English to be intelligent. If he can do enough to communicate on these boards then that's more then YOU can do on Belgian boards.

    PS: My IQ is pretty high.
    How high. I know mine from a few years back. Let's bash IQs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ser Clegane
    I suggest that you refrain from making personal attacks
    Was it a personal attack? Or was it a Political Attack?


    Why do you hate Freedom?
    The US is marching backward to the values of Michael Stivic.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    Then I'm sorry, I just found it rather funny for someone to criticize someone's intelligence when they make a mistake with the words "off" and "of".

    PS: You're still a pretentious little board troll...
    Uh...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Zorba
    Uh...

    I was talking to BP, you have actual substance to your posts...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    I was talking to BP, you have actual substance to your posts...
    When?!

    (And I was messin' with you.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    Was it a personal attack? Or was it a Political Attack?
    The choice of words made it a personal attack - funny pictures of Saddam do not change that.

    For further discussion on the nature of personal attacks you can PM me.
    Last edited by Ser Clegane; 12-15-2005 at 09:54.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
    Maybe your post shows your level of IQ as well.
    'Level' means: relative position on a scale. 'IQ' means: the ratio of a person's measured intelligence to his chonological age, multiplied by 100. Hence, IQ already indicates a level.

    'Level of IQ' is a tautology.

    *wallows in 137 IQ*
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    Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

    I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

    *wallows*

    Edit: Eh, I answered my own question already. Shoulda just googled it in the first place.

    *wallows on*
    Last edited by Proletariat; 12-15-2005 at 17:13.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Proletariat
    Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

    I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

    *wallows*
    It can be either.

    Redundancy:

    This book is a codex.

    Vacuous statment:

    Either it will rain tomorrow, or it won't.

    Both are tautologies.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Proletariat
    Isn't tautological when you have an expression like, 'I wouldn't pay a red cent for that car' because saying 'I would pay a red cent for that car' makes no sense?

    I thought it had to do with logic only working in one direction, not really redundancies. Any linguists around to weigh in?

    *wallows*

    Edit: Eh, I answered my own question already. Shoulda just googled it in the first place.

    *wallows on*
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition, 2000:

    Tau·tol·o·gy: 1a. Needless repetition of the same sense in different words; redundancy. b. An instance of such repetition.

    *wallows in gratuitous redundancy *
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    Thanks, Hurin. I had just realized that. I think I remembered the first bit more easily thanks to a linguistic proffesor who harped on it for about an hour to a class that just wasn't getting it, a few years back.

    (What? No French Revolution Liberty Cap smilie for the respectfully bow/nod?)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hurin_Rules
    It can be either.

    Redundancy:

    This book is a codex.

    Vacuous statment:

    Either it will rain tomorrow, or it won't.

    Both are tautologies.
    What, no wallowing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by AdrianII
    What, no wallowing?
    Me, I prefer to luxuriate. Although the difference between the two is purely tautological.
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    WALLOW yaya WALLOWING IS FUN WHEN THE MUD IS DEEP . (you can tell I have a high IQ .
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    Not as high as mine.

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    Oh really?

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    Um yeah...
    Who are you?
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    I am your brain.

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    Oh s**t!

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    Stop spamming

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    I do apalogey good sir.

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