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[lojban-beginners] Re: Politics
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- From: "A. PIEKARSKI" <totus@rogers.com>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 08:34:27 -0800 (PST)
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From: Penguino <spheniscine@gmail.com>
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Sent: Friday, December 28, 2007 12:27:17 AM
Subject: [lojban-beginners] Re: Politics
pol·i·tics, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)
3. political affairs: The advocated reforms have become embroiled in politics.
You suggest {jecyra'a} for this one - but I'm not sure why. {ra'a} is the rafsi for {srana} which means 'pertains/concerns'???
8. play politics.
a. to engage in political intrigue, take advantage of a political situation or issue, resort to partisan politics, etc.; exploit a political system or political relationships.
b. to deal with people in an opportunistic, manipulative, or devious way, as for job advancement.
These two are the ones that I was particularly interested in. Any suggestions?
On Dec 28, 2007 12:17 PM, A. PIEKARSKI <totus@rogers.com> wrote:
Is anyone prepared to offer a new word for 'politics'? The only words I've encountered so far are {lo jecta srana} and {lo girvlici'e}. Neither seem to be quite right. Obviously, there are two kinds of politics. The narrow definition refers to the state, the broader to groups ( e.g. the office} in general. In both cases, we seem to be talking about activity-to-increase-power.
mu'o mi'e andrus