Richard, At 11:41 AM 12/10/2003 -0800, you wrote: >>I am not certain that a "reasonable person" would or should offer to refute such a >>proposition before asking for an explanation of its meaning. Although, I must say, >>as Americans can be rather contentious at times, one should be prepared to offer an >>explanation.<<
It might even be rare in most instances. However, among academics, these sorts of discussions take place all of the time. If one makes a statement, one should always be prepared to defend it. >>It appears that your analysis of it and your unfoldment of its meaning makes >>understanding the principle rather easy and useful.<< Thanks. Mark A. Foster * http://MarkFoster.net http://CompuServe.m.foster.name ---------- You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Baha'i Studies is available through the following: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://list.jccc.net/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=bahai-st news://list.jccc.net/bahai-st http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist (public) http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] (public)
