[Ads-l] another "reversal"

[Laurence Horn]

> On Apr 5, 2015, at 5:36 PM, Benjamin Barrett <gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
> 
> To me, the law of identity means there is no difference, but the copula does seem to carry some sort of causal meaning sometimes. BB
> 
>> Jonathan Lighter <mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> April 5, 2015 at 2:05 PM
>> 
>> In the film "Unbroken" (and don't bother), Louie is advised by his elder
>> brother, who's training him as a distance runner,
>> 
>> "A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.=E2=80=9D
>> 
>> Unless I'm crazy, he means exactly the reverse.
>> 
Or unless his brother knows him to be a very shy masochist.

LH
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