RE: Technology vs. culture

From: Richard Brodie (richard@brodietech.com)
Date: Fri May 19 2000 - 15:50:25 BST

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From: "Richard Brodie" <richard@brodietech.com>
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Subject: RE: Technology vs. culture
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    Chuck wrote:

    <<But it is
    a marvelous example - a kind of apparent exception that proves the rule.>>

    You've used this expression several times. Exceptions don't prove rules.
    They DISprove rules, don't they? I've heard this phrase used before and
    never understood what it could mean. What do you mean when you say that
    something is an exception that proves the rule?

    Richard Brodie richard@brodietech.com
    http://www.memecentral.com/rbrodie.htm

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