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Old 04-18-2009, 07:11 PM   #791
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Not sure of how the latin goes but the translation is something like..."He who is silent is taken to consent". Another way of saying if you disagree with something you should speak up, otherwise how is anyone to know?
OTOH, if you know the other side isn't listening anyway, why bother arguing.
Not a "saying" (well, not in this form; i'm sure someone's made a saying out of it though. would it help if I looked one up?), but much more true than "gee, you couldn't be bothered responding. I win. woohoo."


perhaps look up "quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur"?

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Sorry, but there are no moral absolutes. They were abolished right about when god died.
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