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I think patriotism is just a special case of misusing the word "we". As in "we put a man on the moon". No you didn't. Hundreds of physicists, mathematicians, en
by coffeemug 17y ago
I think patriotism is just a special case of misusing the word "we". As in "we put a man on the moon". No you didn't. Hundreds of physicists, mathematicians, engineers, workmen, and men (and women) with really big balls put a man on the moon. You had almost nothing to do with it (other than being forced to provide an infinitesimal part of the funding, but that's hardly your achievement).
- gaius 17y agoThis is the reasoning Al Gore uses when he claims to have invented the Internet.
- Daishiman 17y agoCan we get that bullshit out of the way? The guy was misquoted and both Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, pioneers and creators of many of the Internet's base technologies, recognize the man's achievements on this matter. http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~fessler/misc/funny/gore,net.txt http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~fessler/misc/funny/gore,net.txt
- holograham 17y agoPutting a man on the moon would not have been possible without the funding that was supplied by the American people so yes WE is appropriate.
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