Re: Death penalty call from ex-Met chief

MM wrote: 
On Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:40:56 +0000, Alex Heney <me8@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


It was introduced as an example of something that is obviously not
true, but where an argument based on this untrue premise might still
be understood.



This is a cop-out. To pretend to understand that barnacle geese are
fish merely so that one may eat them on Fridays is an act of
self-deception.

Almost certainly. To defend them though, most medieval people did believe that the world was created for man's convenience and also believed all kinds of strange things about nature e.g. mice being created spontaneously from laundry. It could be that they considered the "fact" that barnacle geese were fish to be even more evidence of how great God was in providing meals for good Christian folk.

MM 

Alan
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