Google| Subject | Re: Calumet files Chapter 7 |
| From | Tony Cooper |
| Date | 03/26/2014 14:29 (03/26/2014 09:29) |
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| Followups | Sandman (8h & 55m) > Tony Cooper |
On 26 Mar 2014 06:57:18 GMT, Sandman <mr@sandman.net>wrote:
SandmanGood Lord! How in the world do you come to that conclusion?
In article <ruc4j9pd07gm4prf26orf80mjh1jqm5510@4ax.com>, Tony Cooper wrote:SandmanTony CooperTony CooperSandman
If it isn't stated, it's ignored.
Whoa! That quote is one for the archives. If it isn't stated, it's ignored.
Uhhh, yes. How could it be any other way?
Maybe you're just ignorant about the meaning of the word "ignore"? Could be.
ignore verb refuse to take notice of or acknowledge; disregard intentionally:
Ignoring something is an active action, not stating something isn't.
How, in writing, does one "actively" ignore something other than by not acknowledging it, not responding to it, or not stating anything about it? If you take active action in response, it is the complete opposite of "ignore".
Not acknowledging something is a passive, not active, response. The intent to ignore may be an active mental process, but no statement in response is a passive action.
In non-written situations, we often ignore by silence. Consider the situation where you are sitting there eating your breakfast and your wife loosens a tirade of charges that you don't pick up your dirty laundry from the floor, don't help out around the house, and spend too much time on the computer. You sit there in stony silence and continue to eat your Croonchy Stars. You offer no response.
Are you not ignoring her?
There are millions of things you didn't state in your post here, but you're not actually ignoring all of them; like floods in malaysia, the price of IKEA furniture and the mating calls of sea lions. You didn't state any of those items, and according to you, that means you ignored them. Well, according to the English language, you didn't.Go back and read the definition you provided: "refuse to take notice". There has to be something that could be noticed or acknowledged that isn't noticed or acknowledged for that something to be ignored.
With no mention of a flood in Malaysia, the topic of floods in Malaysia is not ignored if it is not addressed.
Ignoring something is deliberate, and one cannot prove the existence of a deliberate action (ignoring something) solely by noting the absence of another deliberate action (i.e. stating something).Well, we can. When the ignoring is done in written response to a written statement, the omission of addressing that point is sufficient proof.
In your history of misunderstanding words and terms in English, and taking preposterous positions in defense of your error, this one is the most bizarre.
-- Tony Cooper - Orlando FL
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