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Old 06-13-2008, 10:54 AM   #303 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by verklingen View Post
why are you creating a difference between internal and universal consistency? my internal consistency matters as much to my experience as any sense of universal consistency, so i perceive no difference which would grant the phrase "only internally consistent" especial meaning.
Because of this.
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you can if you want, but that's on your plate and it doesn't matter to me.
If you want to be internally consistent, you can if you want, but that's on your plate and it doesn't matter to me.

If you want it to matter to me, universal consistency would be the better approach.
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