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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 08:18 AM
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semantics --
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taterguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 08:23 AM
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1. Provide a safety valve
Suppose you want to say something to someone and you're not sure how they'll react. If you're cryptic enough you can claim you meant to send a completely different message.
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wildhorses Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-11-07 08:25 AM
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2. otherwise known as CYA
Edited on Fri May-11-07 08:25 AM by wildhorses
therefore, putting the other one on defense, as implying that they are so obtuse as to not understand what you were indeed trying to communicate in the most simplistic of terms
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