Re: [jboske] The Masses are Asses (was: gadri schon wieder mal)

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

Invent Yourself scripsit:

> If there are no emergent properties, then there is no difference between
> le and lei. This is the case with substances. But to use lei would imply
> that emergent properties exist and you are referring to them (as per my
> above decree), so le is preferred and lei is meaningless for water.

Why water? Water has gobs of emergent properties, like wetness, ripples,
and surf.

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"The exception proves the rule." Dimbulbs think: "Your counterexample proves
my theory." Latin students think "'Probat' means 'tests': the exception puts
the rule to the proof." But legal historians know it means "Evidence for an
exception is evidence of the existence of a rule in cases not excepted from."