[WikiEN-l] Sam Spade/Report rogue admin
Charles Matthews
charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com
Mon May 30 09:43:19 UTC 2005
Ray Saintonge wrote
> It's perfectly acceptable to say that an idea is insane, but not that the
> person putting forth the idea is insane.
It is utter madness to say that it is perfectly acceptable to say that an
idea is insane.
I wrote that, of course, without prejudice to the question of Ray's sanity.
But how does it read in practice? A little of the 'transferred epithet'?
Ideas of course do not enjoy mental health, good or otherwise.
Charles
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