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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 06:11pm
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You realize this makes no sense, right? What does it meant to call a cause a "windmill"?
In the context of Cervantes' allegory it makes perfectly good sense.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 07:03pm
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Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies, or fighting unwinnable or futile battles. The word “tilt”, in this context, comes from jousting.
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Old Tue Aug 04, 2009, 07:05pm
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There is blame enough for all involved on that one asdf!

#54 in this picture, check out his helmet.

http://jakigood.smugmug.com/gallery/...3_vYz9B/Medium

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Old Wed Aug 05, 2009, 06:31am
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In the context of Cervantes' allegory it makes perfectly good sense.
Perhaps. So?
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