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Talk:Essay:Best New Conservative Words (view source)
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:"de minimis" is a conservative concept which facilitates focusing what is important (e.g., life, the [[Bible]], church) against liberal attempts to confuse priorities. [[Jesus]] made violations of the [[Old Testament]] rules excusable when de minimis. for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:44, 13 June 2015 (EDT)
:"de minimis" is a conservative concept which facilitates focusing what is important (e.g., life, the [[Bible]], church) against liberal attempts to confuse priorities. [[Jesus]] made violations of the [[Old Testament]] rules excusable when de minimis. for example.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:44, 13 June 2015 (EDT)
::I would agree with you if this phrase had been around since the 17th or 18th century, introduced by theologians to make such a point. But you refer to the phrase as used since 1948: it was invented by lawyers, and is used in contexts like "Commission Notice on agreements of minor importance which do not appreciably restrict competition under Article 81(1) of the Treaty establishing the European Community (de minimis)"... --[[User:AugustO|AugustO]] 19:11, 13 June 2015 (EDT)