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Re: [lojban] Response ro Robin's "Essay on the future of Lojban"
On Thu, Apr 08, 2010 at 11:32:48PM -0400, Pierre Abbat wrote:
> On Thursday 08 April 2010 21:47:09 Robin Lee Powell wrote:
> > One place where we differ is that I no longer think usage should
> > decide *ever*. Unless the BPFK becomes totally controlled by a
> > pack of drooling morons, of course usage will be acknowledged
> > and respected, and the BPFK may *choose* to promote usage to the
> > status of officialness, but we should not let the language drift
> > via usage. It should be well specified.
>
> What will happen once there is a critical mass of verclijbo?
Ragnarok? The Second Coming? Shiva dancing the end of time?
I have no idea, but I would like it to include them respecting (and
being part of!) the BPFK, and vice versa. This isn't supposed to be
an antagonistic relationship!
> > I also don't think that describing the lanugage is what we
> > should be doing. We should be *declaring* the language.
>
> Does this include declaring the meaning of lujvo and fu'ivla?
For dictionary purposes, absolutely. Between dictionary releases,
enh.
> Can we have some Lojbanists accepting some, but not all, of the
> rulings of the BPFK?
That question is nonsense to me. What, you think the BPFK will hire
jackbooted thugs to knock down people's doors if they use the
language wrong? We can't *stop* anyone, we can only say "That's not
Lojban [in this fashion]".
-Robin
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