[Ads-l] fear
Laurence Horn
laurence.horn at YALE.EDU
Tue Nov 24 16:03:19 UTC 2015
> On Nov 24, 2015, at 6:11 AM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> Fox News:
>
> "Fear means 'false expectations appearing to be real.'"
>
> Seems to imply that a genuine threat can't scare you. Who knew?
>
> JL
That's great news, especially about the fear of death.
LH
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