Anyone planning on boycotting opening week of HP 6?.

[Carol]

Md:
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> > You're logic is more than flawed, it's not even a real stone.

Eggplant:  
> A stone is a noun, logic is a adjective, or at least it should be regardless what those stupid lexographers say.

Carol responds:

As far as this little discussion goes, I agree with Eggplant. However, I have to point out that "logic" is not an adjective. It's what's called an abstract noun: it expresses an intangible concept and has no singular or plural form; the adjective form is "logical." "Stone" is a concrete noun, expressing a tangible concept (with singular and plural forms). You're right, though, that the metaphor is flawed because the concepts aren't parallel and the reader has to figure out the connection between them. (A stone makes a figurative hole in an argument?) And, if it's any comfort, md did use "you're" for "your," so the sentence contains an actual error. (Not that my posts never contain typos. Of course, they do.)

With regard to logic, I fail to see why a boycott that won't harm WB should even be attempted. WB won't know the difference. Now, if you (md) want to carry a picket sign stating that you're boycotting HBP, maybe they'd get the point. Heck, you might even be on the local news.

Seriously, folks. I don't think anyone is going to convince anyone else in this thread.

Carol, who suggests writing a letter to the editor of a nationally circulating magazine or some other more effective means of spreading the word if this cause is so important to you