[John Scott]

Originally Posted by Zap

By your logic and definition, John, everyone who is in Grades 1-9 in the state of California is uneducated.

Yes, I would say they are uneducated. That is precisely why they are going to school - to fix their lack of education.

You seem to want to hide is some wishy-washy ignorance about the meaning of the word "education", as if the definition is gray. It isn't.

Educated is an adjective meaning:

Originally Posted by Merriam-Webster

1: having an education; especially : having an education beyond the average

Now you say -

Originally Posted by Zap

A person can be considered educated if they learned something

No, I wouldn't call somebody educated because they learned something. I don't think anybody who used the English language in an intelligent manner would say that a child is "educated" because the child learned to count to ten.

Merriam-Webster happens to agree with me here, so your pleadings really have become pathetic.

Originally Posted by Zap

And, again, your name calling exposes the weakness of your arguement.
If your points were strong enough, they could stand on their own.

My arguement? What's that? Anything like an argument?

Actually, my arguments do stand on their own, and they also stand on logic and on authoritative reference like Merriam-Webster. The name calling, my silly butthole of a friend, is just an added measure to motivate you to get an education.

And if you want my arguments to appear weak, why not use logic? Simply saying they don't hold water - well, that's not a very forceful "arguement", is it?