macenstein.com — we were intrigued by the idea that perhaps this line of text was somehow added by Apple (or a rogue programmer) who felt the need to express their personal beliefs. So in one of our very rare pieces of investigational reporting, we wrote to Oxford University Press to get their take on this. Three weeks later, we have our response
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neokyleApr 14, 2007
Whoops-- sorry. Never mind. I checked the dictionary by mistake. Yep, still there in the thesaurus. (Tried to edit or delete my orginal post. Didn't work out so well.)
mattc908Apr 14, 2007
That programmer is one BA
arnaudhApr 15, 2007
You're completely missing the point here. First of all, what do liberals have to do with this whole issue? Then you obviously have no idea what either democracy or liberalism is about if you think that "liberals hate the idea of democracy." Go back to school, please.
catmistakeApr 15, 2007
@ rekennerright... so you see, the government lies to us, and we lie to ourselves. I'm not sure what upsets me more, the depravity of watering down meaning in language, or using this process as a way to deceive entire populations.
y0tsuyaApr 15, 2007
Diggity, diggity, diggity, alright!
laserblazerApr 15, 2007
Speaking in the ironic/sarcastic/sardonic pun-ladened voice is just too busy. My bad.
trainerApr 15, 2007
are you people retarded? been on here 11ty billion times already
ascoltiApr 15, 2007
That's awesome. I wonder if there are more such entries.