[geeks] Glad I don't live in Texas!

[Tim H.]

On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 17:00:53 +0100
David Cantrell <david at cantrell.org.uk> wrote:

> On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 11:51:12AM -0400, Tim H. wrote:
> > Politics by definition (http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=politics) involve others, until you broadcast them they are beliefs, but they aren'r politics
> 
> If you're going to go for dictionary definitions, I'll see your website and
> raise you an Oxford English Dictionary which, amongst other definitions,
> says "the political principles, convictions, opinions or sympathies of a
> person or party".  Nothing about said principles, convictions, opinions or
> sympathies being public knowledge.
> 
> And seeing that that relies on the definition of "political":
>   A. adj
>   1.a. Of, belonging, or pertaining to the state of body of citizens, its
>        government and policy
> 
> Therefore, a privately-held view regarding governance is political.
> 
> Ha! you lose!
> 
>
to quote from above
"  1.a. Of, belonging, or pertaining to the state of body of citizens"

how can it relate to a body of citizens (plural) if I don't tell anybody?

Tim