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From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
Newsgroups: alt.atheism
Subject: Re: >>>>>>Pompous ass
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Date: 2 Apr 93 21:01:40 GMT
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livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
>>>How long does it [the motto] have to stay around before it becomes the
>>>default? ... Where's the cutoff point?
>>I don't know where the exact cutoff is, but it is at least after a few
>>years, and surely after 40 years.
>Why does the notion of default not take into account changes
>in population makeup?
Specifically, which changes are you talking about? Are you arguing
that the motto is interpreted as offensive by a larger portion of the
population now than 40 years ago?
keith
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