Dear Doug,  (01)
> >> However, one would stretch to come up with what "an instance of the
> >> planet Venus" would be.
>
> > MW: There is no problem with singleton classes. It is trivial to
> > construct a class that has just the planet Venus as an instance.
>
> Agreed. That is not what i'm referring to. I would not consider such a
class
> to be the same as the planet Venus. Would you?  (02) 
MW: Certainly not. I have known those that have made that mistake though.  (03)
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> -- doug
>
> > Why you would want such a class is another thing.
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