Thanks,
Frederick Mann
At 10:55 AM 10/26/97 -0400, Steve Witham <sw@tiac.net> wrote:
>
>Forgot another definition of "quid pro con": 3. tricking someone into a sense
>of closure by letting them disagree with you or "have their say". Leaving
>someone holding the stake, or giving them the short end of the stake.
>
>1. The polite way people line up on prearranged "opposite sides" of a
>predefined "issue". The favor that ridiculous opponents do each
>other (e.g., the quid pro con between Democrats and Republicans,
>Communists and Capitalists, etc.). Balance of Error.
>2. More generally, any mutual imprisonment arrangement.
>
> --Steve
>
>--
>sw@tiac.net Steve Witham www.tiac.net/users/sw under deconstruction
>"...when activated, it pops a message off the bag
> and recurs with the tail of the bag."
> --Vijay Saraswat and Patrick Lincoln
>
>
>
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