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And although their will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals [sic]

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS

-[engineers everywhere]

Edited: for relevance ;)

Edit2: SIC WTF? - per comments below

Edit3: Downvotes? Wow. POTUS commenting on IP Law, Privacy, Internet Freedom. etc. PLS Read the context. It was included. Tks.

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[–]SharkGirl 812 points 32 minutes ago

We know how Republicans feel about protecting Internet Freedom. Is Internet Freedom an issue you'd push to add to the Democratic Party's 2012 platform?

[–]PresidentObama[S] 130 points 10 minutes ago

Internet freedom is something I know you all care passionately about; I do too. We will fight hard to make sure that the internet remains the open forum for everybody - from those who are expressing an idea to those to want to start a business. And although their will be occasional disagreements on the details of various legislative proposals, I won't stray from that principle - and it will be reflected in the platform.

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[–]davidjoho 104 points 29 minutes ago

And when you say "Internet Freedom" do you mean the Republican version ("Freedom for the access provider monopoly") or the version in which the Internet is free to anyone with an idea or an expression?



"And although their will be occasional disagreements" THERE THEIR THEY'RE

...goes off to weep that the President, or the intern typing these answers can't even get it right.


> And although their will be occasional disagreements on the details of...

One would think that the president of the united states would be able to use "their" and "there" correctly...


Interns these days. I remember the old Clinton days.

You couldn't type correctly with both hands busy and your mouth full.

Aah, those were the days.


It is too easy to confuse the two. They're not using their grammar skills there. Perhaps distracted by NOLA and if he knew whether the new weather was bad there.

Homophones suck.


Someone else corrected "a asteroid" in another question as well. Perhaps the POTUS has discovered that trolling is a art.


The grandparent was posted on the merits and relevance of the material. If you read the context, BO tells Reddit: "I'm all for internet freedom, but don't sweat it if a couple of details are either here or there." Which in matters relating engineering and/or IP law, is a bit of a flip answer. That Potus laid down a [SIC] error is poetic irony, humourus (or not). So your comment, is not really warranted and should at least be qualified.


Just shows that he is human...


Or typing fast because he only has 30min to answer questions. or it's an intern.




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