Re: [lojban] Re: The x1 of fenki

[Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org>]

On Tue, May 17, 2005 at 11:18:15AM -0700, John E Clifford wrote:
> 
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > All of the major words used in the definition of fenki (crazy,
> > insane, mad, frantic, frenzy) apply primarily to *people*, at
> > least in the dictionaries I'm looking at.
> > 
> > Why, then, is the x1 of fenki an event?
>
> Either politeness or an entrenched notion of psychology: people
> aren't crazy, only their actions are.  

That would be fine if there was a place for the person committing
the action, but there isn't.  The definition quite clearly states
that it is the x1 event itself that is crazy.

This is really bizarre to me, because to me only *people* are crazy.

There are actions that only a crazy person would take, but it's the
preson that's crazy, not the actions.

-Robin

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