--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> > > wrote: > > <snip> > > > One factor is the tendency to respond to what one infers the poster > > > implied. Whew, what a sentence, but its a useful model: > > > > > > a) words written ===>> > > > > > > b1) meanings intentionally implied, or > > > b2) meanings unconsciously implied, but logically present (the > > > writer has not realized the implications, but readers may) > > > > For example, in a recent thread, Lawson wrote > > (regarding Andrew Skolnick): > > > > When it comes to TM and other matters New-Age-ish, > > he's more than a bit obsessed. > > > > Vaj replied: > > > > Sounds like you too [sic] have a lot in common. > > > > I commented: > > > > If so, the big difference would be that Sparaig > > doesn't attempt to deceive or mislead anybody. > > > > Vaj responded: > > > > That was joke, right? > > > > Now, logically, the implication of Vaj's response > > is that Lawson does indeed attempt to mislead and > > deceive. > > > > Just to make sure, I asked Vaj if that was indeed > > what he meant. In fact, I've now asked him three > > separate times. > > > > What is the logical implication, do you suppose, > > of his failure to reply? > > Having the good taste to avoid someone who is > obviously trying to start a fight? :-)
No, I think you're a little mixed up here, as usual. > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
