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On 5/25/2014 2:29 PM, Dustin Lacewell wrote:
> Did you just invoke your own death to bolster your position?

No.  I invoked my own death to indicate my long term irrelevancy. 
Unlike you, I have learned some humility.

> Bob. We want to fix some things in the language within a realistic
> timeframe as to benefit from them without spending years doing uselessly
> tautological work to reflect in materials that we will shortly after
> rewrite, reflect a very out of date version of the language. How is it
> possible that we're talking about all these odd topics that don't seem
> to connect with solving that problem?

We don't agree on "the problem".

> Its like, the problem is simple, the solution is simple, and lots of
> people agree.

Your evidence as to "lots" is lacking.

> If you stop this odd debate of trying to make us out to be
> some sort of insignificant traitors

Stop with insignificant, and that will be fine.

> That improving the prescription more immediately to reflect modern
> usage, so that we can better go on teaching and advocating the language,
> is even contentious is boring. The debate is tired and apparently the
> arguments have become very weak. And odd. You made some odd arguments
> Bob. That don't really address the problem at all.

I'm not trying to address YOUR problem.

And if my arguments are ill-thought out, then perhaps my health 
problems, and family matters that are much more important to me than 
your argument take precedence.

> You need to start
> speaking to realistic and practical short term solutions for those out
> there teaching and using the language.

Says who?

My job is defined in the LLG Bylaws, as interpreted by the Members and 
Directors.

If THEY decide to change course, then I will either change course or not 
continue as President.

> Because of course we
> don't exist, and probably don't even speak "Lojban" as it could be
> officially called anyway right?

I have no idea what you speak, or whether it would be mutually 
intelligible with something I speak.

> Why are we not the first group to come along and suggest such
> editorializing  of the language? Its because the language does not exist
> as just some mental object.

Take that up with a philosopher of language.  I suspect that s/he would 
disagree.  But I'm not much of a philosopher.


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