[lojban] Re: Newbie says hi

[Robin Lee Powell <lojban-out@lojban.org>]

On Thu, Nov 21, 2002 at 05:54:09PM -0500, Craig wrote:
> >> I don't think you can use se'inai like that. It's (afaik) supposed
> >> to indicate that you are oriented toward something which is not
> >> yourself, perhaps to indicate charity or something along those
> >> lines. (Which is a silly idea to me, I admit, but I suppose that
> >> someone might actually be capable of charity with absolutely no
> >> self-serving intent.)
> 
> >I suppose nothing of the kind.
> 
> However, the language is culturally neutral, or tries to be. Thus, we
> should not impose our own cynical views of human nature - if the
> language can express ulterior motives, it should be able to handle
> altruism just as deftly, whether its current speakers would ever use
> that feature or not.

Absolutely.  And se'inai will deal with that just fine, IMO.

-Robin

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