[lojban] Re: srebandu

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

On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 10:19:16PM +1300, Jim Cheetham wrote:
> On Jan 22, 2004, at 7:07 PM, Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> >On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 11:30:15PM -0500, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> >>I made up {srebandu} for "allergy" and put it in jbovlaste, and
> >>also added the gloss "friendly fire". The word refers to any
> >>action of erroneously defending against something which is not a
> >>threat. Is "friendly fire" the correct term for this?
> >
> >No.  "Friendly fire" is when you accidentally get shot by someone
> >whe is supposed to be on your own side.  Generally this is *not*
> >used in cases of mistaken identity (i.e. where you meant to shoot
> >the person because you thought they were the enemy), but in cases
> >where you missed the enemy and hit a friend, or where an area of
> >effect weapon took out some friendly troops as well.
> >
> Hmmm ... also, unless a medical person speaks out, an allergy is
> not so much an erroneous response against a non-threat, as it is
> an overzealous response against otherwise benign levels of
> potentially-threatening substances..
> 
> I speak only as a seasonal allergy sufferer :-)

That simply does not apply to food allergies, sorry.  Unless you
feel that wheat and corn are potentially-threatening substances?  8)

-Robin, mildly allergic to just about everything.

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