On 7/24/05, steve v <vertigosteve(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Impressive responses. One point: OR is often used as
a
an excuse to squash certain debated points, without
allowing them to devlop (including citing sources).
A silly example might be something like "go find some
source for your notion that the world is round, and
come back when you do so." Such source can then be
debated for a while. So, while NOR is policy,
consensus means that common sense prevails, and that
merely adding a point of debate in appropriate
section, with good language, is often just a good way
to get there without being excessive.
Sometimes the common wisdom is incorrect. Most people would, I dare
say, put money on the statement "Queen Elizabeth II is the Queen of
England" being correct, but the truth is that it isn't. There hasn't
been a title of King or Queen of England for hundreds of years.
--
Pete, who notes that she isn't Queen of England, but she definitely is
Lord of Mann