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Try not to be dumber than nature intended you to be.

Odin — 1/26/2004 9:08:22 PM (archived)

A lie not attributable to malice or deliberate deception is called a "mistake."

Who tells you these things? A lie IS a deliberate deception. How do you attribute a lie to malice without it being a deliberate deception?

Let me know if I'm going too fast for you.

He said, peddling madly on his tricycle.

This is on average a very bright crowd around here . . .

From your perspective, I'm sure that's true.

and I'm out of practice ramping down the level of discourse.

Of course you are. You've spent your whole life trying to keep up.

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Dick Cheney -- still lying after all these years - Odin - 1/22/2004 9:03:01 AM
- If this is the best you can come up with, you might want to work a little harder. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/22/2004 5:01:24 PM
- Odin the troll - ebnelson - 1/22/2004 1:32:17 PM
  - Witch hunts and dogs that won't . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 11:52:27 PM
    - Odin the troll, you is what you is. Spam on (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 12:39:26 AM
- re: Dick Cheney -- still lying after all these years - gbaikie - 1/22/2004 11:37:14 AM
  - Of course it's a better lie . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 9:21:32 PM
- disgusting wasn't it - Greg - 1/22/2004 9:58:42 AM
  - Cheney is so Shady.......... - Lindy - 1/22/2004 4:22:25 PM
  - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - D. Spires - 1/22/2004 11:27:53 AM
    - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 10:29:44 PM
      - re: All you have to do is agree that I'm right . . . - D. Spires - 1/24/2004 6:14:22 AM
        
        If that long-awaited day comes when you are right about something, rest assured your success will be acknowledged. It's good you still believe you could be right. Don't give up. n/t - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:42:05 AM
        
        re: I guess you just love that keyboard . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 1/26/2004 8:49:00 PM
      - never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity (n/t) - Greg - 1/23/2004 5:08:14 AM
        
        Malice? Where do you see anyone attributing Cheney's lie to malice? n/t - Odin - 1/23/2004 6:51:13 AM
        
        I mean in this case Cheny may be no more than an idiot, after all being near W all the time must wear you down (it got to Dean Martin in the end) (n/t) - Greg - 1/24/2004 5:28:50 AM
        
        I figgered that's what you meant, but it aint either or -- stupid or malicious. All lies aren't malicious. Cheney's weren't. n/t. - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:33:54 AM
        
        Uh...then you actually have no point at all, right? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2004 9:40:48 PM
        
        Thank you for your feeble reply. What do we have for this world-class feeb, Johnny? A lifetime supply of Uhs, the perfect addition to any Neanderthal's vocabulary. Tired of communicating with your fe… - Odin - 1/26/2004 2:55:55 AM
        
        Like I said, no point. - Tom Brosz - 1/26/2004 5:23:10 PM
        
        Try not to be dumber than nature intended you to be. - Odin - 1/26/2004 9:08:22 PM
        
        Okay, dropping to sublight... - Tom Brosz - 1/27/2004 1:52:48 AM
        
        You can't really be this stupid, can you? - Odin - 1/27/2004 3:58:28 AM
        
        Lying is telling untruth with intent, troll - ebnelson - 1/27/2004 5:10:21 AM
        
        Nothing is sadder to see in public than something like Odin's display of failed wit - ebnelson - 1/26/2004 1:53:40 PM
    - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Greg - 1/22/2004 2:44:14 PM
      - re: Rows of Crosses . . . - Odin - 1/22/2004 10:46:20 PM
        
        You assume much, deaniac - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 1:48:43 AM
        
        You've become tiresome. I'm gonna stand over here now. - Odin - 1/23/2004 2:20:36 AM
        
        If you are tired or bored - ebnelson - 1/23/2004 2:33:13 AM

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