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- From: pciszek@nyx.cs.du.edu (Paul Ciszek)
- Subject: Re: Can Michal Put Her Money Where Her Mouth Is?
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- beaver@castor.cs.psu.edu (Don Beaver) writes:
-
- >>By the way, does "hippocracy" mean government by the hippopotami? Is
- >>there a hidden message here? :-)
-
- >I was referring to hippocratic principles.
-
- >Rule by horses seems more appropriate to the 19th century midwest --
- >although given the Elephant and Donkey parties' treatment of principles
- >like sexual equality, perhaps a Horse will make a suitable alternative.
-
- "Hippo-" means "horse", and "-cracy" is commonly used as a suffix for
- various forms of leadership. Does "hippocracy" by any chance translate
- as "high horse"? I are an Engineer; I never learned any of this humanities
- stuff.
-
-
- Paul Ciszek When we are planning for posterity, we
- ought to remember that virtue is not
- pciszek@nyx.cs.du.edu hereditary. --Thomas Paine
-