From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Thu Nov 09 19:56:27 2006 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:56:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GiNUu-0003Da-Q9 for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:56:08 -0800 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1GiNUj-0003DI-Ls for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:56:08 -0800 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id c2so406023ugf for ; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:55:54 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=DIkXAHQLXxYJ06WiDi3BWCP7XZAD8KGXBdYe4pqkva0JTaFFPEypr0wI/v/NRelAOpveJB/AUMHVewIUNtHO2OHZswe7r4IEBosb0OINK0siv8CVoWwV307rs4vOJh9VtprtRzzZklqb8Q6gI0cJ2Bsmvv5rAbjD1ZY45uleFpc= Received: by 10.67.99.1 with SMTP id b1mr2738749ugm.1163130953896; Thu, 09 Nov 2006 19:55:53 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.66.216.14 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Nov 2006 19:55:53 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:55:53 -0500 From: "Hugh O'Byrne" To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: livejournal discrimination In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_32447_30635744.1163130953822" References: X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) X-archive-position: 13025 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: hobyrne@gmail.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-list@lojban.org X-list: lojban-list ------=_Part_32447_30635744.1163130953822 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 11/9/06, Matt Arnold wrote: > > Hugh, there's no cause here to worked up into a hysteria. Wow, hysteria? I didn't mean to give that impression. I thought two short paragraphs was reasonable. My mental state while writing that was actually one of relief! Anyone who doesn't like Lojban is free to make a new language. Agreed. And since Bob's the one who disregards the value of the CLL, and actively obstructs explorations and valid queries on the extent of Lojban that he personally doesn't like, _his_ is the 'new' language. Hey Bob, Matt says you're free to make a new language! So do I, actually. (Though I would advise you carefully label it a 'variant' of Lojban. You know how pedants are.) Lojbab has been correct on every > point he's made in this thread. That's as may be, but the last point remains: Bob is not here for the benefit of this community (he will actively and happily cause strife to serve his purposes), and he's not here for the benefit of the Lojban language (except the particular version that lives inside his own skull). mi'e .xius. -- Good night, and have a rational tomorrow! ------=_Part_32447_30635744.1163130953822 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline
On 11/9/06, Matt Arnold <matt.mattarn@gmail.com> wrote:
Hugh, there's no cause here to worked up into a hysteria.

Wow, hysteria?  I didn't mean to give that impression.  I thought two short paragraphs was reasonable.  My mental state while writing that was actually one of relief!

Anyone who doesn't like Lojban is free to make a new language.

Agreed.  And since Bob's the one who disregards the value of the CLL, and actively obstructs explorations and valid queries on the extent of Lojban that he personally doesn't like, _his_ is the 'new' language.  Hey Bob, Matt says you're free to make a new language!  So do I, actually.  (Though I would advise you carefully label it a 'variant' of Lojban.  You know how pedants are.)

Lojbab has been correct on every
point he's made in this thread.

That's as may be, but the last point remains: Bob is not here for the benefit of this community (he will actively and happily cause strife to serve his purposes), and he's not here for the benefit of the Lojban language (except the particular version that lives inside his own skull).

mi'e .xius.
--
Good night, and have a rational tomorrow!

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