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You are not licensed to wield the "pink toad" metaphor. Eric isn't either, but he's irrepressible.
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Again you are splitting hairs and picking and choosing language that supports your position. As far as the law is…
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You're a dog with a bone on this. Equally valid legally, fine (though distinctly defined in law as different in…