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Old 09-March-2007, 03:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Cevlakohn View Post
Nitpicking a statement like that is comparable to responding to "the reflecting pool is in front of the Lincoln Memorial" with "Untrue! That's only if you consider the facade of the building to be its front, and all things which that faces to be 'in front of' the building!"
No, not really; there is a front of the building. Whereas in space, all directions are essentially arbitrary, the Lincoln Memorial was designed to be turned one direction.
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