Re: vulgarisms
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, November 12, 1998, 2:11 |
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John Cowan wrote:
> Yes, specifically applied to the hypothyroid. But what is the link
> from "Christian" to "stupid"?
The people who cared for them didn't want to call them "morons" or
anything like that, so they referred to them as "Christians", the idea
being, I suppose, that they're good people who were just unfortunate.
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sufficient reason for the invention of free will." - "Lord Leto II"
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