Re: [jboske] kau

[John Cowan <cowan@ccil.org>]

And Rosta scripsit:

> As you know, we don't agree on this. I don't agree that the instance
> need be representative or imaginary. It can be real, but it must be
> the only member.

I can't swallow this. Consider the set of European countries. One could
by appropriate squinting locate the most typical/prototypical/modal
country in the set, but that would not be lo'e ropno gugde; instead lo'e
ropno gugde is an imaginary/abstract instance. It is fair to say that
lo'e ropno gugde is a democratic country, but not that it is Poland
(e.g.) I don't see why this rule should break down if we speak of
British countries rather than European ones.

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