>The only thing I've ever found "dead wrong" are statements that
>something is "dead wrong."
>
>It takes an extreme kind of statement to qualify for the badge of Dead
>Wrong.
Just a figure of speech, intended to emphasise a point, don't take it literally.
>Saying someone _is_ merely alienates -- which you are arguing against,
>Bill, in your own post.
Oops.
>If you read the above chaps in their entirety, and not in isolation on
>some point, they are complex and nuanced people. I've never seen them
>write anything that is "dead wrong." I disagree sometimes, but I
>understand what they are saying.
OK, OK. I take it back.
Bill Bartlett Bracknell Tas