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RE: [lojban] A wide variety of comments...



Robin Turner:
> Most people (and other
> animals) tend only to be violent when threatened, and good
> communication can significantly reduce imagined threats (from
> "Sorry, I didn't realise this was your seat" to "Look, when
> Kruschev said 'bury' he really meant something like 'absorb'."). 

IIRC, according to John Cowan, N.K. meant 'outlive', by _bury_.
which makes a bit more sense than 'absorb'.

--And.