From LOJBAN%CUVMB.BITNET@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU Mon Jul 25 10:30:38 1994 Message-Id: <199407251430.AA29308@nfs1.digex.net> Date: Mon Jul 25 10:30:38 1994 Reply-To: protin@summit.novell.com Sender: Lojban list From: protin@summit.novell.com Subject: Re: ciska bai tu'a zo bai X-To: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: Bob LeChevalier Status: RO [Taking an extreme position, as I do so frequently, though hopefully for some mutual benefit of at least humor :-)] > > Art, I admire your clear expression of attitude regarding "ga'i". But I > suspect that in trying to express individuality, or independence. that you > might prefer other attitudinals. > > e'e competence > i'inai privacy > o'enai distance > se'a self-sufficiency > se'i self-oriented > > ga'i is meant to explicitly imply a ranking of self above those to whom one > is expressing in some external framework (e.g. social rank), rather than the > internal one that merely "promotes the individual". > > lojbab > No, lojbab, I want "ga'i" because any social ranking of any merit will have me as peer or better of everyone else, by definition! Conversely, any ranking that would require "ga'inai" is obviously without merit and should not be recognized. While this may seem unduely extreme, I do give some weight to this argument in my daily life and do try to teach it to all humans as my part to make the world better. If everyone is ">=", peer-or-better, to everyone else, then we are all "=", peers. thank you, Arthur Protin Arthur Protin STANDARD DISCLAIMER: Any views expressed are strictly those of the author and are in no way indictative of his employer, customers, or this installation.