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Two excellent reasons to OPPOSE gay marriage in the UK
RE: Two excellent reasons to OPPOSE gay marriage in the UK
(May 21, 2013 at 2:34 am)apophenia Wrote:
(May 21, 2013 at 1:59 am)ideologue08 Wrote: Yes, yes my friend. Throw insults because you know it makes you feel better after losing the argument ROFLOL You could have spent that time reading the Collins English dictionary that I cited as well Confusedhock: And did you just start a sentence with "matter of fact"? Oh the irony. Didn't know people actually went to hillbilly schools.

I'll take this slowly for your benefit, "friend." Collins is quite correct. Your interpretation of the idiom and your application of Collins is what is incorrect. As Collins quite rightly states, "If you get bogged down in something, it prevents you from making progress or getting something done." Substituting the relevant particulars, if Stonewall did not want the legislation to get "bogged down," then they did not want anything "[to prevent] [the legislators] from making progress or getting something done"; ergo, Stonewall did not want anything to prevent the legislators and their legislation from making progress. (Quoting: "it would be a 'terrible pity' if the legislation got 'bogged down'" or in other words, it would be a pity if something prevented the legislation from making progress or being completed.)

I'm also going to assume that since you didn't challenge my contention that you are not a native speaker that you are in fact not a native speaker.


No; what's quite clear is Stonewall didn't want politicians to get "bogged down" on civil partnerships for homosexuals, it views it as a nuisance, whereas it views its own special interests as God-given rights. Here; let me translate into something you might actually understand haha: 深陷意味着阻碍了技术进步。
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RE: Two excellent reasons to OPPOSE gay marriage in the UK - by ideologue08 - May 21, 2013 at 2:43 am

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