Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2002 10:17:43 -0600
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Subject: [lojban] Re: Specific example of Sapir-Whorf in English OR How Lojban made me think more clearly
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 10:33:34AM -0500, Avital Oliver wrote:
> "There's nothing wrong with homosexuals, it just isn't supposed to be".
>=20
> I assuming "supposed" =3D=3D "meant" (you shall soon see why I prefer to =
explain
> using the word "meant"). Sentences similar to these are heard quite often=
 by
> me, and they make me furious. What does "meant to be" mean?
>=20
> My Lojban way of thinking made me think of the term "meant to be" and I
> realized that it is actually a brivla:
>=20
> MEANT_TO_BE: x1 meant for x2 to be

A better approach would be something using {marde}, though, I think.

> Thus, "homosexual intercourse wasn't meant to be" would be something simi=
lar
> to
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> zo'e MEANT_TO_BE lenu loi nanmi cu gletu loi nanmu
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> But this means that there is something missing in x1 -- some intelligent =
and
> self-concious being that meant for it to be. In essence, saying that
> sentence would imply the existance of an intelligent self-concious creato=
r,
> commonly reffered to as 'God'.
>=20
> My point: The notion of "meant to be" is meaningless if the expresser doe=
s
> not believe in the existence of what is commonly reffered to as 'God'.
>=20
> The fact that english allows this to be said without haviqqng to notice t=
he
> 'missing' "x1" would cause, assuming Sapir-Whorf, for people to believe t=
hat
> there are things that were "meant to be" even though they do not believe =
in
> 'God'.

I think this is because "meant to be" is almost an idiom for
"ethical", "moral", "fits in with my culture", etc.

> In Lojban, this could not happen, as if somewas was to say
> <pe'i MEANT_TO_BE lenu loi nanmu na gletu loi nanmu>,
> one would immediately reply
> <ma go'i>
> and thus leave the homophobic without words.

Or perhaps in lo malylijda nu sezgunta noi se jalge lonu spoja

.u'i

--=20
Jordan DeLong - fracture@allusion.net
lu zo'o loi censa bakni cu terzba le zaltapla poi xagrai li'u
                                     sei la mark. tuen. cusku
           
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