Thursday, June 25, 2009

Minding Ps and Qs

If P, then Q... so if notP, then notQ?

from velonews.com:
Vaughters refused to directly confirm or deny the rumor of contract discussions with Contador, saying, "Our team policy is that we don’t discuss private negotiations before they are closed. We never have, and that’s going to be the case here. Whether we were or weren’t talking to Alberto, we’re not going to talk about it, period. All negotiations are confidential until finalized.” [my emphasis]
In Vaughters' defense, I don't think that was an accident.



UPDATE:
JV's deft linguistic maneuvering reminds me of this:

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