William writes, "Please lose the all caps triumphalism." William is right. It was a bad idea on my part. In truth, I had a wrong-headed aim of conveying it was meta-message -- in other words, it was not part of the thread but a comment on the thread.
William also writes: > We can still > communicate with signs we create; in this case "rules". > Believe this: I have no clear idea what "he is saying" here. The line appears to assert that "rules" are "signs". I can't follow that at all (in part because I'm not sure how much William's notion of "signs" coincides with Frances's recent description of her notion of "signs"). But also because at least some signs don't begin to feel like "rules" to me. If I see a billboard sign that says, 'Clausthaler is the world's best non-alcoholic beer,' that doesn't feel like a rule to me. Again I think I should stress this: I am not playing games here, I'm not pretending. I honestly don't know what the heck William has in mind.
