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Re: OT: "Science is interesting; if you don't agree, you can fuck off."

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 1:53
In a message dated 11/13/2007 3:51:46 PM Central Standard Time,
jeff.rollin@GMAIL.COM writes:


> Secondly, though, it's not really the same thing. Telling someone to "fuck > off" isn't really telling them to mind their own business; it's telling them > to "get a life", i.e. live as you think they should live, not leaving them > be. >
That's your interpretation, but to me it does mean "go away and leave me alone." It has nothing to do with "telling them to 'get a life', i.e., live as you think they should live". stevo </HTML>