[CS-FSLUG] Bennett's Comments

[Stephen J. McCracken]

Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On Monday 10 October 2005 11:29 am, Stephen J. McCracken wrote:
> 
>> I think I have to agree with the conclusions of the editorial. With
>> all the politically correct movement and such our society has been
>> dumbed down enough that it is hard to have a mature discussion 
>> anymore.
> 
> 
> No, it WAS ignorant to say what he did, KNOWING the press was going
> to use it against him and all of us.

Let's parse this:  ...was ignorant...knowing....

According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition.  2000. (http://www.bartleby.com/61/76/I0027600.html)

> ignorant

> ADJECTIVE:	1. Lacking education or knowledge. 2. Showing or arising 
> from a lack of education or knowledge: an ignorant mistake. 3. 
> Unaware or uninformed.

> ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English ignoraunt, from Old French ignorant, from 
> Latin ignrns, ignrant-, present participle of ignrre, to be ignorant,
> not to know. See gn- in Appendix I.

Now, please tell me how the above phrase can be correct.

sjm