On Nov 29, 2007 3:41 PM, The Mangoe the.mangoe@gmail.com wrote:
On 11/29/07, jayjg jayjg99@gmail.com wrote:
No, they're private. The words aren't synonyms.
Private, however, implies secret-- or rather, that secrets are held within what is private. Otherwise, what's the point?
No, private implies not public. It's no secret what people do on the toilet, but that doesn't mean they want anyone watching them do it.
Secret has a whole other implication, of cloak and dagger skullduggery, illicit behavior, etc. That's why the word was persistently and consistently used, especially by some of the main conspiracy pushers. That's also why some others on this list were careful to use the word private. Let's not play games here, we both know that "private" and "secret" have different implications; it's unseemly of you to pretend otherwise.