[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 12

["A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>]

> >> > 3) naijgi
> >> >
> >> > j1 is a patriot of nation n1
> >> >
> >> > from
> >> > j1 jgira lonu n1 natmi n2
> >> >
> >>
> >>   Your English doesn't match your lojban, but I wonder if n2 should
> >> be/must be/shouldn't be =j1?
> >
> > Ouch! Then I'm surprised you didn't offer a alternative with better 
English:)
> >
> > I find the structure of gismu definitions frequently makes the use of good
> > English difficult.
> 
>   But can you be a patriot about about a people you are not a part of?
> That's my question.  (I suppose you can say that Lee Harvey Oswald
> was a Cuban patriot despite not being Cuban (or more contemporarily,
> Rachel Corrie/Palestine).  But if so, then the n2 doesn't seem to be
> needed at all.  What does it add? So you see my dilemma).


Then how would you say 'Paul Revere was an American patriot'?