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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fugl" data-source="post: 3627320" data-attributes="member: 816">And your "rational rationale" for that statement is?  What about birds that happen not-to-exist, should they be counted as well? (but enough, we're getting into exceedingly deep philosphical waters here. . .<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />) I believe you're mistaken about that, and that everybody here recognizes the arbitrariness of the rules. The reason why some "go on" the way they do is that they have strong feelings on the subject which they feel no need to justify "rationally" (and why the hell should they? "The heart", after all, "hath its reasons, which reason doth not know."  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />).</blockquote>