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Subject: If you didn't like "aggreate" try "permissive".
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To. Russ Herman

Permissive as in "permissive society".

George Cook writing on comparative ethics in the ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA,
has observed:
     "As every stable society has a code which 'bids men do this and not do
      that', it follows that you cannot have a 'permissive society.'  The
      two words 'permissive' and 'society' are contradictory.  The Oxford
      Dictionary defines 'permissive' as 'each individual free to do what 
      he likes.'  'Society' is defined as 'the customs and organization of
      a civilised nation.'  Obviously, we cannot have 'customs and organization
      if each individual 'does what he likes.'

The above is from: THE POLITICS OF PORNOGRAPHY, by Rousas J. Rushdoony,1974,p115This is a neat little book all by itself.  See others by him.

Of course let's not go too far and let the meaning of words get in the way of
our slogans.  Or our cherished beliefs.

Keep chargin'

Ken Arndt