From: Thees Peereboom 

Will,

No, I would say that you are implying that 2+2=4 was based on Mao, a
well-known communist who also declared that trafficlights should be upside
down, because red could never mean 'stop'.

- Thees Peereboom

On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 09:10:31 -0500, "William F. Zachmann"
 wrote:

>Thees,
>
>I didn't base anything on communism, just used a (convenient and well-known)
>quote from a communist source.  Even Mao did not base anything on communism.
>Let's look at the quote again:
>
>    Every Communist must grasp the truth, "Political power grows out of the
>barrel of a gun."
>
>If Mao had said "Every communist must grasp the truth,
'2+2=4'" and I were
>quote him would you think I was implying that 2+2=4 was based on communism?
>
>All the best,
>
>will
>
>
>

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