On Jun 3, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Steven Peterson wrote: > Hi Marsha, > > >> I don't know if listening is the same as reading, but I downloaded >> 'Beatrice and Virgil' and listened to the first chapter, which of course >> contains your quote. > > Steve: > That's how I "read" it. > > Marsha: >> You know for me, truth is relative. Fiction >> or non-fiction, it's all story to me. That is not to demean the story, >> quite the opposite, life is like a fantastic kaleidoscope of story-telling. >> I suppose I'm not the person to engage in an intelligent discussion >> concerning what is real, fiction or true. I enjoy hearing Martel >> questioning such assumptions, but they have already become >> water over the dam for me. > > Steve: > I wonder if you would become more interested in the truth if you were > on trial for a crime you didn't commit...or did you? Is it all just > relative?
Hi Steve, I am quite sure I would be more interested in truth relative to my experience, but that doesn't change my understanding of truth as relative. In a jury trial, "truth" is relative to all sorts of evidence, and is ultimately relative to the 'opinion' of the jurors. Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
