tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post115753768324660891..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: The exception that proves the ruleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-75505594790353792422015-05-08T17:09:06.781-07:002015-05-08T17:09:06.781-07:00Prove is used in the sense of "test". Th...Prove is used in the sense of "test". This is an old usage, still found in "proving ground". Compare the Spanish, probar, to try or test.Jupiterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13008508862847561845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-7772980296286759502014-03-20T16:21:43.141-07:002014-03-20T16:21:43.141-07:00"Germans haven't much of a sense of humor..."Germans haven't much of a sense of humor" is false. I'm not German by the way. I've just known Germans and been to Germany and I've encountered a good, quirky, dry sense of humour quite often. I don't know why this myth is so popular. One hears that stereotypes are usually based on truth but I don't think this one is. Not now anyway.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276736643046430370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-44850966855604871172014-02-23T14:59:07.581-08:002014-02-23T14:59:07.581-08:00See Cicero's defense of Bilbo.
You idiot, Cic...<i>See Cicero's defense of Bilbo.</i><br /><br />You idiot, Cicero isn't in Tolkien. Presumably you mean the speech <i>Pro Balbo</i>. Just as a word of advice, people who aren't idiots convert Latin names into the nominative case when using them in English. <br /><br />Verbum sapienti, stultissime. (That's Latin for "just sayiin', nimrod".)M. Tullius Ciceronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88191226781132848072013-02-08T16:31:04.562-08:002013-02-08T16:31:04.562-08:00toobrightlights isn't quite correct.
The phr...toobrightlights isn't quite correct. <br /><br />The phrase means that "when there's an exception, there's a rule". If there's a sign reading "no right turn on red", that means that generally, right turn on red is allowed. Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389602137217799305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-91420133143675150132012-06-29T18:23:42.158-07:002012-06-29T18:23:42.158-07:00This is an exception TO the rule, however.This is an exception TO the rule, however.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-22386502636361925432012-04-07T09:04:17.452-07:002012-04-07T09:04:17.452-07:00Nope. Legal maxim. See Cicero's defense of Bil...Nope. Legal maxim. See Cicero's defense of Bilbo.<br /><br />If an exception to a rule under law is stated, there implicitly can be no others. Therefor the exception proves or demonstrates that the rule (law) is absolute, by defining its entire boundary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com