Re: Not always joking, it seems

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:10:25 GMT, Gene Ward Smith <gene@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>mike weber <fair****tfan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>news:7cjpr3dmko3ivi7jjj6pscrt73in8422ve@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>>Did I say such a thing? Of course not. Grow a brain.
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>> Your point was that the murder happened because the killer 
>had a gun.
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>I said it would not have happened had he not had a gun, which 
>is not the same thing. Grow a brain.

Ummm, in the ocntext you made the statement, it's not different.

You said that there was amurder.

You said that it was a murder, rather than assault or GBH, because the
killer had a gun.

(A) It wouildn't have happened if he didn't have a gun

(B) But he did have a gun

(C) It happened

If all the above are true, then it happened because he had a gun.