On 12-30-97 William Elliot wrote to John Boone... 
 
        Hello William and thanks for writing, 
  
 WE>  WE> Black or white?  What about gray?  
 
 WE>  JB> please not black contains both white and gray. 
 
 WE> Yes, and not white contains both black and gray. 
   
   Yes. 
  
 WE>  WE> Positive or negative?  What about zero? 
 
 WE>  JB> In this situation, we could say, positive (A) and 
 WE>  JB> not-positive (not A) which includes two, negative  
 WE>  JB> and zero.  
 
 WE> Indeed.  Positive is a separate predicate from negative tho 
 WE> equivalent to non-negative-and-non-zero. 
   
  Yes. 
  
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 WE>  JB> Notice, not white makes no statements or distinctions 
 WE>  JB> amoung the various classes of not-whites.  
 
 WE> Indeed, that's why 'not white' is not equivalent to 'black'. 
 
  You got it, but notice the reason such is the case, there 
are -MORE- divisions of -non-white. 
  
Take care, 
Happy New Year! 
John 
 
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