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InWales used woo-woo in the title of her diary.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Oct 21st, 2008 at 04:43:20 PM EST
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But InWales and metavision are two different people.

In any case, the force of the argument does not hinge on the particular wording. And there is no point in using terminology that raises red flags in people's minds from the word go.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Oct 21st, 2008 at 04:51:57 PM EST
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And In Wales and I are two different people, too, which explains why my use of woo woo is evil, but In Wales's is acceptable.

I suspect the difference is chromosomal.

A vivid image of what should exist acts as a surrogate for reality. Pursuit of the image then prevents pursuit of the reality -- John K. Galbraith

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Oct 21st, 2008 at 04:55:22 PM EST
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Puh-leeze. There's certainly a bit of tribalism at work here, I'll happily grant you that. You can even argue that there are double standards. But attributing it to gender preferences is uncalled for, IMO.

- Jake

If you only spend 20 minutes of the rest of your life on economics, go spend them here.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Tue Oct 21st, 2008 at 05:02:15 PM EST
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