Ian quoted Ian: I'm not knocking definitions, they have pragmatc value for sure, as well as their deadly reifying dangers. "Definition is death" is a slogan, not my thesis.
dmb says: Oh, I see. You're not knocking definitions, you're just saying definition is deadly dangerous death. Dude, seriously, this is the sort of drivel that PROVES how desperately you need definitions. If you had any respect for them you would not be contradicting yourself so conspicuously. If there is a valid point buried down in there somewhere, you've not found the right words for it. And what purpose is served by denigrating your own assertion by saying its a slogan and not a thesis? That distinction depends on the definitions of those words, or course, but that's not what bothers me. The problem is that this distinction does not qualify the assertion itself but rather your level of commitment to it. I don't see how that is relevant to the substance of the matter. Are we not debating the validity of your slogan rather than how strongly you feel about it or how vigorously you'd defend it? My slogan shall henceforth be, "Drivel is death". But don't confuse that with my thesis. Also, my tag line will be "you deserve a break today", my punchline will be, "because it was the chicken's day off" and my pick up line will be, "what's a gal like you doing in a place like this besides talking to a creep like me?". _________________________________________________________________ The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian. http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600&bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAGE 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.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
