Vocabula

[Dennis R. Preston]

Wouldn't the laxity here be in the receiver rather than the sender?

dInIs

>In a message dated 6/22/2003 11:48:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>translation at BILLIONBRIDGES.COM writes:
>
>>  Wouldn't this remarkable ability of Bush "and his
>>  minions" to "deceive the world" imply at least a
>>  modicum of smarts and care on their part, two
>>  qualities not generally associated with laxness?
>
>
>Perhaps, but the bigger, more disturbing, issue is that the general public
>(esp., it seems to me, in this country) does not think; people do not question
>as they should. People are too easily duped. Lies, however deliberately or
>cleverly used, remain lax language.
>
>
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