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Re: [lojban] Re: tags

On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 09:49  PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:


On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 05:45:16PM -0600, sbelknap wrote:

But Robin has a point: the most important tag is the title tag. The
most effective strategy would be to change the title tag to something
like:

Loglan: The Logical Language (lojban lo lojbo bangu)

Just to be absolutely, explicitely, *painfully* clear what I think of
this idea:

If the board ever requests that I do this, I will immediately resign as
webmaster.

-Robin
That would be a shame, for Robin has done an excellent job with the web site. Would this be more acceptable to Robin?

lojban lo lojbo bangu (Loglan: The Logical Language)

I am quite fascinated with the hostility expressed towards TLI Loglan. The original reasons for this hostility are gone. This hostility is now counterproductive. What explains this bizarre xenophobia? What explains the insertion of the phrase "lojban is Loglan" in lojban official policy? (I am aware of the history of this phrase, I am asking whether there is a deeper explanation than the historical animus of that legal battle.) Was this some kind of "language murder"? Is this shared revulsion towards Loglan by so many newbies a solidarity ritual? How very tribal! Can we link it somehow to the upcoming winter solstice? Maybe we should all get tatooed or branded "mi lojbo"! Perhaps the most interesting observations about Loglan will be related to schisms and vestigial primitive thinking rather than to Sapir-Whorf.

-Steven