Date: Sun, 30 Nov 1997 07:33:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <199711301233.HAA24731@locke.ccil.org> Reply-To: Logical Language Group Sender: Lojban list From: Logical Language Group Subject: Re: reply to And #2 X-To: AshleyB@HALCYON.COM X-cc: lojban@cuvmb.cc.columbia.edu To: John Cowan Status: O X-Mozilla-Status: 0011 Content-Length: 587 X-From-Space-Date: Sun Nov 30 07:33:32 1997 X-From-Space-Address: LOJBAN@CUVMB.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU >>Lojban, or more specifically Lojban language use, thus implicitly embeds >>some desire to have the logical aspects of the communication be >>accountable. Using unmarked metaphor or irony denies that >>accountability - it renders a key portion of the framework of the >>language (which is more than merely its syntax) moot. > >But surely this is not relevant to social situations in which the speaker >does not care about accountability? If you don't care about accountability, why do you care whether those to whom you are not accounting judge your usage to be non-Lojbanic? lojbab