From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Sep 11 11:39:18 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_1_1_3); 11 Sep 2002 18:39:18 -0000 Received: (qmail 75504 invoked from network); 11 Sep 2002 18:39:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.217) by m6.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 11 Sep 2002 18:39:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta2.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 11 Sep 2002 18:39:17 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 17pCOT-0002qq-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:39:17 -0700 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pCNw-0002qV-00; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:38:45 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:38:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 17pCNq-0002qM-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 11:38:38 -0700 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g8BIcaV75176 for ; Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:38:36 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 14:38:36 -0400 (EDT) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: Le Petit Prince: Can we legally translate it? In-Reply-To: <20020911182211.GR6798@chain.digitalkingdom.org> Message-ID: <20020911143148.O73991-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-archive-position: 1130 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: xod@thestonecutters.net Precedence: bulk X-list: lojban-list From: Invent Yourself Reply-To: xod@thestonecutters.net X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=110189215 X-Yahoo-Profile: throwing_back_the_apple It seems to me that the discursives and explicit logic of Lojban lend it to the creation (or at least translation) of philosophical texts better than the attempt to duplicate or maintain the rich, culturally-laden colloquial vernaculars and real-world descriptions found in novels. -- Before Sept. 11 there was not the present excited talk about a strike on Iraq. There is no evidence of any connection between Iraq and that act of terrorism. Why would that event change the situation? -- Howard Zinn