The trick lies in saying that nothing is better than eternal love--which can be misread, or at least given the opposite intonation of the intended meaning.
And the other thing is, saying a sandwich "is better than nothing" could be damning with faint praise, but in this case it acquires a "one in hand, 2 in the bush" kind of meaning--meaning it has potentially infinite value.
Is there a way to say every alternative to being loved (e.g. going skating, or even not owning anything) is better?
But I think the implication is here too is that LOVE CAN BE POSSESSED hence the eternal because you have it always. Well, to me it seems it's not so much eternal as life-long but..."I would rather have a sandwich now than someone's life-long love"? "Does being loved forever fill my stomach now?" Priorities.
On Monday, December 31, 2012 4:43:07 AM UTC-5, la gleki wrote:
This question appeared in the russian casnu stuzi.
What can be better than eternal love? Nothing. Sandwich is better than nothing.
Therefore, sandwich is better than eternal love.
How can we disprove this statement in lojban?
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