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Thread #57637   Message #910257
Posted By: CarolC
14-Mar-03 - 04:41 PM
Thread Name: BS: Arafat's $300 million
Subject: RE: BS: Arafat's $300 million
Didn't you say earlier in this thread:

"Same goes for everyone in the world who has or will suffer because of George Bush and the US government."


I certainly did. And it is quite a stretch for you to extrapolate from it that I was suggesting that all of the world's suffering is the fault of Bush and the US government.

For instance, if I said, "I feel sorry for that guy who just died in a car accident. Same goes for everyone else who has or will die in a car accident", would I be saying that I think everyone in the world is going to die in a car accident? I don't think so.

If my sentence were to have the meaning you have chosen to give it, it would need to look more like this: "Same goes for everyone in the world, who has or will suffer because of George Bush and the US government".

And even then it would be a stretch to get your meaning out of it.