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[[ | {{g}}To [[deem]] is the anti-[[Bob Cunis|Cunis]]; it is to treat one thing ''as'' the other. It is of a piece with the [[equivalent]] the asset you return under a [[stock loan]] that is, but simultaneously is not, the same as the one you borrowed, the fungible security that will form part opf teh and “[[an amount equal to]] the amount that you borrowed”, and across a deep chasm from all that which [[amend]]s, [[supplement]]s or modifies. Deep in the [[abyss]] below, flows the great river of pedantry, which through centuries has carved these magnificent cliffs and canyons. | ||
It is to take | For where to “[[amend]]” is to assert the identity over a period of time — the continued legal existence, even — of something that is in some way ''[[Change|changed]]'', to [[deem]] is to assert the momentary ''non''-identity of something that, in every way, has not. It is to take Theseus’ ship to a whole other realm of [[Ontology|ontological]] [[redundancy]]. | ||
This essential subjunctivity - the hypothetical state of being one would be in were it not for the inconvenient state one actually ''is'' in, is a fundamental part of the [[legal eagle]]’s torturous psyche. | |||
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