Bill -

Sorry, I actually WAS being concise. A "term of art" is a term (word or
phrase) that has a specific meaning within a given (legal, historical,
mathematical, etc.) field of study or endeavor.

It was a JOKE!!!!

(sorry about the long posts - I'll try to do better.)

- Don

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> From: Bill Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [CHOMSKY] definition of capitalism
> Date: Thursday, June 05, 1997 4:27 AM
>
> DDeBar queried:
>
> >Is that a philosophical or historical "term of art"?
>
> What is the meaning of "term of art" ? PS Don't be such a lazy bastard,
> delete some of the guff from the post you are replying to, I believe this
> is not your first such offence, it took me ages to ascertain if and what
> you were replying to.
>
> The risk you run is that no-one will bother to even read your posts if
you
> keep it up, I've only got a limited lifespan and it eventually becomes
more
> economic to simply trash your posts unread if you can't make SOME effort
to
> be concise.
>
> Bill Bartlett
> Bracknell Tas