Re: [lojban] soi vo'a: partial backflip

[Invent Yourself <xod@sixgirls.org>]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Nick  NICHOLAS wrote:

>
> cu'u la xod.
> >mi ba'e sanji le za'i da carmi nabmi .i ku'i ga'inai le do stidi
> >mubycikre goi ko'a cu tolmelbi je juxre je cfipu .i .i'i .uu node
> >frili cikre
>
> *looks astonished* Really? Then I think now I'm being the naturalist, and
> you the hardliner! :-)



And accused me of being an ultra-conservative not too long ago. I myself
never swore allegance to either stance. I've only been pegged as a
Naturalist by those who want Lojban as an XML application.




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