Re: [Phys-l] dealing with the media +- evolution

[Hugh Haskell <hhaskell@mindspring.com>]

At 11:03  -0700 4/6/08, Bernard Cleyet wrote:
> >   It
> >  forbids the have-nots from obtaining weapons, and enjoins the haves
> >  from taking steps to reduce their inventories, ultimately to get rid
> >  of them altogether. So far the haves have been quick to demand that
> >  the have-nots live up to their end of the bargain, but very reluctant
> >  to do anything toward living up to their end.
>
>
> Hugh, do you not mean the opposite of the above?
Yes. I shouldn't have used "enjoins," which means the opposite of 
what I intended. The sentence should read ". . . and requires the 
haves to take steps to reduce their inventories . . ."

The hazards of trying to be pedantic without having a dictionary at your elbow.

Hugh
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