But for now, David, just the following
clarification:
Debbie wrote:
>> The practical upshot of this is not that we should
>> have no confidence at all as interpreters,
>
David responded:
>> The practical upshot of this is not that we should
>> have no confidence at all as interpreters,
>
David responded:
This would be a BAD thing, not a good
thing.
I'm wondering if you missed the "not" [in red]
above. I agree that having no confidence at all as interpreters would be a bad
thing. Such total lack of confidence would not be the upshot of
the approach I was defending.
Debbie
P.S.: I see my renaming of the other thread,
which was actually about tradition, was potentially misleading.
Sorry.

