This is the most absurd position

[Jonathan Lighter]

Like divorce.

So that's explained.

JL

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>wrote:

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> On Mar 29, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
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> > JHC! Even the Creationists believe in dinosaurs. WTH's so controversial
> > about the word?
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> > JL
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> Well, we all believe in divorce (some of us more fervently than others),
> and that's on the list.  Maybe dinosaurs made the loaded word list because
> they're scary.
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> LH
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> > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Jonathan Lighter
> > <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>wrote:
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> >> Every few weeks I find myself saying or thinking, "This is the stupidest
> >> thing I've ever heard of!"
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> >> What's wrong with me?  They can't *all* be the stupidest!
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> >> JL
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> >> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:26 AM, David Barnhart <
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> >>> From: David Barnhart [mailto:dbarnhart at highlands.com]
> >>> Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:25 AM
> >>> To: 'Deakins, Alice'
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> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-wo
> >>> rds-from-tests/?hpt=hp_c2<
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> http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2012/03/28/new-york-city-schools-ban-loaded-words-from-tests/?hpt=hp_c2
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> >>> Next they'll want to ban the words from textbooks.
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