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"iman" <iman@merr.com> wrote in message news:3BD89E2E.83D6C43D@merr.com...

> > > > Do you think the extremely weakened Muslim minority
> > > > in the U.S. is going to lay all its cards on the table at this
> > > > point?
> > >
> > > If you imagine I've got something up my sleeve, I'd like you provide
me
> > > with evidence thereof.  That's only fair, Mr. Mindreader.
> > >
> > > Or do you have a difficult time comprehending what you read?
> >
> > Do you?  He made no such claims against you or, for that matter, Islam.
>
> "Going to lay all its cards on the table" is an idiomatic expression,
> implying that Muslim America is "hiding something up its sleeve,"
> willfully deceiving the American public.

I fully understand what it means, and there are several meanings, you simply
chose to take the most derogatory definition.

It -also- means that there are no longer cards -in the hand-.

> It is an *implied* accusation.

Hardly.  It just meant that everything is out and visible.  No "hole" card,
as it were.

> > > > You should think again.
> > >
> > > You're telling me how I think.  That's rich.
> >
> > Nope.  That's not what was said, either.
>
> All right, then.  Let's see your version of "what was said."

"What was said" was that you need to re-think your position, the words
stated that he believed you to have not thought things through properly.  It
was a kinder, gentler way of stating that you are full of shit.  Suggesting
or requesting that you mull over the facts again is in no way telling
you -how-, just that you should try again as your logic is flawed and
conclusions erroneous.