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Old 01-12-2007, 04:16 PM   #3
MaggieL
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
For example, thinking that if you didn't understand something, nobody else could have either?
The phrase in question didn't involve much in the way of belief...it pretty much turned on standard English usage and the law of the excluded middle. Quote marks have meaning, and punctuation matters.

On the other hand, appeals to logic won't sway those whose beliefs include "all points of view are legitimate and thus deserve equal weight".
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