The lady, just as you both are, is a professional victim making assertions and claims that cannot be substantiated.

Did you post this just so we'd have an example of assertions and claims that cannot be substantiated? That's so cute. You substantiate my claims every time you post. You're an idiot and you have problems with women.

I am happily unmarried

Happily for women everywhere.

Nah, it isn't because you're a woman. I'm just sick of seing Ben come on here and well, be him. If you rack up a record of idiocy and woman hating the way he has, maybe some day I'll call you an idiot too. I hope not, I hate to feel compelled to call anyone an idiot. Ben just pissed me off today.

Yes, this blogger seems to have over-reacted and yes, many people get death threats on-line. However, what you said and what ben said differ substantially in one important area. You said she shouldn't be so scared. "Grow a spine" I believe you said. I too think she needs to be more courageous in the face of threats, but then I'm not the one that is needing to face them and neither are you.

Ben, on the other hand, immediately called her a liar. Why? Other than his hatred of all women, I mean? Because another blogger said that he wasn't one of the ones that made a threat. Ben interpreted this to mean that she may have made up some of the threats. Therefore, in his "brain", all the threats are ficticious and she is a liar with nothing to fear.

And, as I've mentioned previously, read his posts, he's a complete moron.

Gizler -

This is what happened to Latin. It was the language for the Roman Empire and over the years "mutually unintelligible pidgeon versions" sprang up. They're now called things like French, Spanish and Italian. This may be less likely to happen to English because of advances in communication like radio, television and the internet.

englishstudent -

Actually, a large part of the reason English has more words than other languages is because of its origins. English at its base grew from the Anglo-Saxon tongues and Norman/French. Over the years it has liberally invented new words (thanks, Shakespeare), stolen them from other languages when needed and modified its own words and usages whenever necessary. As a result it has vastly more words than most other languages, despite having a huge trove of archaic and unused words in addition to the common lexicon. Yes, being a leader in science and technology has helped, but it is by no means the main source for all these extra words.

Gizler -

That's fine, I wasn't trying to negate anything.

englishstudent -

While other languages do create new words and adopt from other sources, English started with more, being based on both Germanic and Latinate roots. English has historically created new words more prolificly and has adopted more readily than other languages. Some languages, such as French, actively resist borrowing from other languages, officially at least.

The way English has grown is not "exactly the same as any other language". Were your underlying statements true, there wouldn't be such a disparity between vocabulary sizes. I'm not saying English is "better", I'm saying it is larger.

Rich people and rich countries always think that they are special and their success is because of their merits and not because of chance.

I think your own prejudices are showing here. German was the language of science for longer than English, yet its vocabulary is smaller. French was the language of diplomacy and the arts and yet its vocabulary is smaller. These are both "rich" countries, yet English has a more diverse vocabulary than either. Japan has spread technological innovation throughout the world by capitalizing on invention and technical advances even if they originated elsewhere, and English still has a larger vocabulary. I'm not saying this makes English "better" in any way, just that it had a unique origin and is larger.

It is part of human nature. But it's only "wishful thinking", as History proves.

While I don't disagree that successful people tend to think it is because of their merits and not because of "luck", I don't think History proves anything like what you're saying. I do, however, tend to notice that those who do not fit into such categories are quick to dismiss this success as the whims of history and luck without seeking any possible underlying causes.

Of course people will pause. In fact, more skeptical people will pause more since they figure you have some trick to make their wallet dissapear. Stage magic is effective enough for a prakster or a thief. If you're a prankster with that kind of box, maybe someone's hand gets pinched of covered in goo when they put their hands in. Only people of faith wouldn't hesitate.

Nope, she isn't. Why? 'cause she doesn't even know what it is.

What is punk? Punk is anti-everything. A way of life. Anti-establishment.

A way of life, sure, but anti-everything? Way off base. Anti-establishment isn't the same as anti-everything. Punk is primarily thinking for yourself. She's just another snotty Brittany.