10 Mar
2016
10 Mar
'16
4:56 p.m.
I think "X is less evil than Y" is unambiguous. Which is too bad, because I like ambiguity more than most people. --Michael On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 3:14 PM, Henry Baker <hbaker1@pipeline.com> wrote:
inherently ambiguous in English?
After all, if evil is a negative thing, then wouldn't "the lesser of two negatives" would be the worser thing ?
Perhaps teaching coding in public schools might be a positive thing after all...
Jus' sayin'...
(Or perhaps people misheard the advice as "the lessOr of two evils" ???)
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