On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 10:03:55PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Jesus Christ, will you people stop being so fucking literal? Obviously > there must have been some people who did; but the vast majority of > southerners in the 1830s thought slavery would endure forever.
Holy Ghost, will you people stop being so illogical? The discussion was whether it was possible to conceive of something sufficiently different than what existed. If one person could conceive of it, and could communicate it to others such that it was recorded for posterity, that is evidence that it IS possible to conceive of something sufficiently different. It is not necessary that the vast majority conceive of it. Especially in our society, if one person conceives of a good idea, it will probably be known by a well-read person. Your example did not prove your point. Try again? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://erikreuter.com/
