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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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what is the meaning of this

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0 It is ambiguous. It could be either meaning. ) as that seems to make more sense.

— Nona the brit

  • 0 It is ambiguous.
  • It could be either meaning.
  • ) as that seems to make more sense.
  • If there was a communications breakdown the last thing you want to do is to stop essential 'protection' of what you are doing.
  • But it does make sense to stop what you are doing until communications resume.
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0 It is ambiguous. It could be either meaning. I would assume that the intended meaning is that the activity should stop, rather than the protection (although how do you protect an activity anyway?) as that seems to make more sense. If there was a communications breakdown the last thing you want to do is to stop essential 'protection' of what you are doing. But it does make sense to stop what yo
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