[MD] WHY MoQ IS PARALYzED

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Platt]
> 2+2=4...they are numbers. 

[Arlo]
> Tell me a number that is not a word....

You are both making a use/mention error:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use-mention_distinction

Numbers are not words any more than home-runs are.
2 + 2 = 4, starts with a numeral, which is a symbol
for a number, but is not itself a number, which in turn
is not a word, otherwise we wouldn't need a symbol for it.
Craig