Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: importing ro

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2002 19:52:40 +0000

(1) "non-importing ro"
ro broda cu brode
= ro da zo'u ganai da broda gi da brode

(2) "importing ro"
ro broda cu brode
= ge de broda gi ro da zo'u ganai da broda gi da brode

(3) "non-importing su'o"
su'o broda cu brode
= ganai de broda gi su'o da zo'u ge da broda gi da brode

(4) "importing su'o"
su'o broda cu brode
= su'o da zo'u ge da broda gi da brode

(5) "DeMorgan"
ro broda cu brode = naku su'o broda naku brode

The self-consistent possibilities are:

A- (1), (4) and (5)
B- (2), (3) and (5)
C- (2) and (4)
D- (1) and (3)

The Book supports in one part or another (2), (4) and (5)
which is an inconsistent position.

If we want to keep DeMorgan, then we must choose A or B. Nobody
wants (3) so we all agree to discard B and D. pc prefers C,
sacrificing DeMorgan as expressed in (5). I prefer A, because
I think (5) is valuable and I don't find (1) counterintuitive.

The whole issue is irrelevant in 99.99% of usage.

mu'o mi'e xorxes

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