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Re:US sends pre-emptive warrant to Ireland to stop Snowden f... by charonn0 on Friday July 05, 2013 @06:22PM (#5997016) 

    "potatoes can't kill, because otherwise Ireland would be a superpower" 
    is not the way to argue it.
I never made such an argument.
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Re:US sends pre-emptive warrant to Ireland to stop Snowden f... by mikeash on Friday July 05, 2013 @06:29PM (#5997044)
You didn't, but the lawyer referenced in the original comment I replied to said essentially that.
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Re:US sends pre-emptive warrant to Ireland to stop Snowden f... by jlgaddis on Friday July 05, 2013 @08:59PM (#5997443)
Oh geez, can we get any more off-topic?

Stop being so damn pedantic and nitpicky, both of you. All of you.

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Re:US sends pre-emptive warrant to Ireland to stop Snowden f... by mikeash on Friday July 05, 2013 @09:46PM (#5997585)
Pedantic? Nitpicky?

A comment was made about a lawyer making an argument which, in my opinion, is a bad argument. I pointed that out. I'm not being "pedantic" nor am I "nitpicking" when I point out that a potato cannon is, in fact, a deadly weapon and the lawyer's argument against it is stupid.

Now, I agree that the comment, and therefore the whole thread that followed it, was not really on-topic. But I'm not seeing this whole "pedantic and nitpicky" thing.

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