[lojban] Re: Any (was: Nick will be with you shortly)

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Martin Bays scripsit:

> Then surely lo'e mikce has no particular sex - which is fine, we don't
> care about the sex - but does have an occupation (medicine), and does have
> a relevant ability (that of healing you) - which is precisely what you
> *do* care about.

But what lo'e mikce is not is an actual doctor, since all actual doctors
do have a particular sex; it's purely an abstraction.

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