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Re: Is global leadership a matter of military strength?

#545125
From: Peter Webb
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 09:07
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"The Re'vvrdd" <raeg...@englikonn.com.za> wrote in message 
news:45b9906d.856922@news.onetel.net.uk...
> On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 05:32:21 +1100, B J Foster <bjfo...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
>>The Re'vvrdd wrote:
>>
>>>On Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:01:46 +1100, "Peter Webb"
>>><webbfamily...@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>>"The Re'vvrdd" <raeg...@englikonn.com.za> wrote in message =
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>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 21:08:08 +0800, "mettas_mother"
>>>>><mettas_...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>=20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Well anybody who invents axis of evil should also not have it.  =
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>Imagine the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>stupid wars that flow out of it!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>=20
>>>>>GW Bush originally claimed that Eye-ran was the axis of evil...then
>>>>>someone took him aside and explained that it takes two to make an
>>>>>axis!
>>>>>=20
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>Thanks to google define,
>>>>
>>>>Definitions of axis on the Web:
>>>>
>>>> a.. a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain =
>>>>conditions=20
>>>> b.. the center around which something rotates=20
>>>> c.. the main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant =
>>>>parts such as branches are arranged
>>>>
>>>>Hmmm, "the center around which something rotates".
>>>>
>>>>Looks like you are a lot stupider than you claim Bush is.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>On the contrary, it seems that a little knowledge in the hands of an
>>>illiterate asshole like you is not a good thing.
>>>
>>>Try dictionary.com - you'll get eleven defintions in the first source
>>>(Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)
>>>Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, � Random House, Inc.
>>>2006), the relevant one being:
>>>
>>>9. an alliance of two or more nations to coordinate their foreign and
>>>military policies, and to draw in with them a group of dependent or
>>>supporting powers.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Very good.
>>So what did you mean by "then someone took him aside and explained that
>>it takes two to make an axis!"?
>>
>>I hate to tell you this, but it appears that you're a bigger idiot than 
>>Bush
>
> You can't have an axis comprising one country (Eye-ran).  Capiche?
>


Yes you can. According to Google Define, one of the meanings of axis is "the 
centre about which something rotates". This appears perfectly consistent 
with what Bush said. I guess you didn't know this meaning of the word 
"axis", and Bush does. Somewhat ironic that a story is invented to prove 
that Bush is stupid, but it turns out that because the person who invented 
the story clearly has a poor understanding of English, it actually proves 
Bush is clearly brighter than the person who made up and reposted the story!

I mean, you have got to laugh at how dumb some people are. They can't even 
invent a story to try and prove a point without doing it so badly that they 
disprove their own argument!
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