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A hypothetical non-container.
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RE: A hypothetical non-container.
March 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm
LukeMC Wrote:To say that it can hold nothing is to say that it cannot hold anything. If it cannot contain anything then it isn't a container. Nothing isn't a thing; we just use the word in a funny way.

Ah... but it is a container... for it contains nothing Smile

Why would an empty container not be a container? It turns out that this container can contain no things... therefore it contains nothing Smile

Why would its containment of nothing not make it a container?
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Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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A hypothetical non-container.

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A hypothetical non-container. - by Tiberius - March 16, 2010 at 9:36 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by fr0d0 - March 16, 2010 at 10:08 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 12:16 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 2:04 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 3:15 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Darwinian - March 17, 2010 at 3:22 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 4:06 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Tiberius - March 17, 2010 at 4:03 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Tiberius - March 17, 2010 at 4:09 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 4:13 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Edwardo Piet - March 17, 2010 at 4:42 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 4:44 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Edwardo Piet - March 17, 2010 at 4:54 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Xyster - March 17, 2010 at 5:39 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Ryft - March 17, 2010 at 5:50 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 6:01 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 7:09 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 7:11 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by LukeMC - March 17, 2010 at 10:42 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 7:19 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by fr0d0 - March 17, 2010 at 7:32 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 11:22 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 6:12 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 1:13 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 1:38 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Darwinian - March 17, 2010 at 1:40 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by tackattack - March 17, 2010 at 1:47 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 1:47 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Darwinian - March 17, 2010 at 1:50 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by theblindferrengi - March 17, 2010 at 1:54 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 6:06 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 6:11 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 17, 2010 at 6:15 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 6:14 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 17, 2010 at 6:26 pm
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Violet - March 19, 2010 at 6:27 am
RE: A hypothetical non-container. - by Rhizomorph13 - March 19, 2010 at 10:33 am

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