From xod@thestonecutters.net Wed Dec 04 18:33:34 2002 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_2_3_0); 5 Dec 2002 02:33:34 -0000 Received: (qmail 22501 invoked from network); 5 Dec 2002 02:33:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m8.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 5 Dec 2002 02:33:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO digitalkingdom.org) (204.152.186.175) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 5 Dec 2002 02:33:34 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.05) id 18JlpV-0007W6-00 for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:33:33 -0800 Received: from digitalkingdom.org ([204.152.186.175] helo=chain) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18JlpR-0007Vp-00; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:33:29 -0800 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:33:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from [66.111.194.10] (helo=granite.thestonecutters.net) by digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.05) id 18JlpM-0007VZ-00 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Wed, 04 Dec 2002 18:33:25 -0800 Received: from localhost (xod@localhost) by granite.thestonecutters.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id gB52WtX73407 for ; Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:32:55 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from xod@thestonecutters.net) Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 21:32:54 -0500 (EST) To: lojban-list@lojban.org Subject: [lojban] Re: Why we should cancel the vote or all vote NO (was RE: Official Statement- LLG Board approves new baseline policy In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20021204213207.O73373-100000@granite.thestonecutters.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by Ecartis X-archive-position: 3041 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 On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Robert McIvor wrote: > > On Mardi, déce 3, 2002, at 08:30 US/Eastern, And Rosta wrote: > > > I have long suspected that JCB was so pissed off at you not just for > > splitting the language but for doing it with such poor taste and poor > > discernment (from his perspective, at least). I do think that the > > average person who knows neither language would, if faced with a > > page of Loglan and a page of Lojban, find the Loglan somewhat pleasing > > and the Lojban somewhat monstrous. Certainly my aesthetic judgements > > are thus. So your crime was not only apostasy but also perversion. > > > > Indeed this is a common reason for newbies to choose Loglan. It was a factor that led me to learn Lojban. -- Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow.