From lojban-out@lojban.org Thu Jan 22 10:39:30 2004 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 13598 invoked from network); 22 Jan 2004 18:39:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.166) by m15.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 22 Jan 2004 18:39:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta5.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 22 Jan 2004 18:39:30 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Ajjjk-0004l4-UD for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:39:28 -0800 Received: from dsl081-049-134.sfo1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.49.134] helo=chain.digitalkingdom.org) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1Ajjj8-0004kY-IS; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:50 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from rlpowell by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.30) id 1Ajjiy-0004kP-Jx for lojban-list@lojban.org; Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:40 -0800 Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2004 10:38:40 -0800 Message-ID: <20040122183840.GR17764@digitalkingdom.org> Mail-Followup-To: lojban-list@lojban.org References: <200401212330.15845.phma@webjockey.net> <20040122060753.GP17764@digitalkingdom.org> <0CDD0AF1-4CBC-11D8-83AE-000393D7C842@gonzul.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0CDD0AF1-4CBC-11D8-83AE-000393D7C842@gonzul.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i X-archive-position: 7002 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org X-list: lojban-list To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-eGroups-Remote-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-From: Robin Lee Powell From: Robin Lee Powell Reply-To: rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org Subject: [lojban] Re: srebandu X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790 X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 21483 On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:19:16PM +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:07 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > >On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:30:15PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote: > >>I made up {srebandu} for "allergy" and put it in jbovlaste, and > >>also added the gloss "friendly fire". The word refers to any > >>action of erroneously defending against something which is not a > >>threat. Is "friendly fire" the correct term for this? > > > >No. "Friendly fire" is when you accidentally get shot by someone > >whe is supposed to be on your own side. Generally this is *not* > >used in cases of mistaken identity (i.e. where you meant to shoot > >the person because you thought they were the enemy), but in cases > >where you missed the enemy and hit a friend, or where an area of > >effect weapon took out some friendly troops as well. > > > Hmmm ... also, unless a medical person speaks out, an allergy is > not so much an erroneous response against a non-threat, as it is > an overzealous response against otherwise benign levels of > potentially-threatening substances.. > > I speak only as a seasonal allergy sufferer :-) That simply does not apply to food allergies, sorry. Unless you feel that wheat and corn are potentially-threatening substances? 8) -Robin, mildly allergic to just about everything. -- Me: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/~rlpowell/ *** I'm a *male* Robin. "Constant neocortex override is the only thing that stops us all from running out and eating all the cookies." -- Eliezer Yudkowsky http://www.lojban.org/ *** .i cimo'o prali .ui