Posted on 09/15/2003 10:35:24 AM PDT by miltonim
Ladies and gentlemen, there is a sharpshooter in the house.
A questioning assumption? Come on.
To re-iterate, you pose a question and posit an assumption.
To pose means to present for consideration.
To posit means that the following assumption will be used as a starting point for the argument, and the assumption posited will be assumed to be true for the purposes of the current argument. (see definitions 2 and 3)
Main Entry: pos·it
Pronunciation: 'pä-z&t
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): pos·it·ed /'pä-z&-t&d, 'päz-t&d/; pos·it·ing /'pä-z&-ti[ng], 'päz-ti[ng]/
Etymology: Latin positus, past participle of ponere
Date: 1647
1 : to dispose or set firmly : FIX
2 : to assume or affirm the existence of : POSTULATE
3 : to propose as an explanation : SUGGEST
Main Entry: 1pose
Pronunciation: 'pOz
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): posed; pos·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French poser, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin pausare, from Late Latin, to stop, rest, pause, from Latin pausa pause
Date: 14th century
transitive senses
1 a : to present for attention or consideration "Let me pose a question." b : to put or set forth : OFFER
2 a : to put or set in place b : to place (as a model) in a studied attitude
intransitive senses
1 : to assume a posture or attitude usually for artistic purposes
2 : to affect an attitude or character usually to deceive or impress
Then again, belief in objective truth is one thing that distinguishes conservatives from liberals. But when everything becomes relative, and truth is what an individual deems it to be regardless of any inconvenient facts, then almost anything goes. Unfortunately and tragically, we as a society have the blood of going on 50 million innocent dead on our hands as the price paid for homage to the liberal God of moral relativism.
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