Message-ID: <970604190315_944801298@emout07.mail.aol.com> Date: Wed, 4 Jun 1997 19:06:37 -0400 From: mailto:EUNSteve@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Plutocracy is about to become the official religion To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
In a message dated 97-06-04 10:04:16 EDT, mailto:astingsh@ksu.edu (kerry miller) writes:<< > lots of folks in Hawaii wanted to keep the place clean and green and gold > for themselve and uncluttered by autopmobiles and pollution--but they also
> wanted tourist dollars and the jobs they create.
Of course, "they" isn't one of those mean everything/anything/nothing words is it?
>>
No, I don't think it's one of those words. It has a precise grammatical and pragmatic referent: it refers to those people who wanted to criticize the way the world was ungreening and polluting but wanted tourist dollars and jobs and thus did not support campaigns to keep the hotels and the gambling and the tourists out.