Subject: Re: [lojban] Re: lujvo

From: "Jorge Llambias" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:23:43 PDT

>From: Robin Lee Powell <[email-masked]>
>
> lo LE the really is
> veridical descriptor: the one(s) that really
>	is(are) ...
>
>The implication is that the speaker is insisting that such a thing
>really is.

That is what the speaker claims, but why would a claim that the
speaker makes and that you don't believe offend you? Only because
it is about some god, I suppose. Or are you offended by any
claim with which you disagree?

>Note that the specific vector of offense for me would be if someone used
>a generic expression like that ("one or more mothers of one or more
>gods") to refer specifically to Christianity and its mythology.

But that would be a grammatical mistake, {lo} is not used for
specific reference. It would offend my sense of the language too,
but not for religious reasons.

>The
>all-too-common assumption by Christians that their religion is the only
>relevant one pisses me off.

Me too, not just Christians, but majorities in general.

co'o mi'e xorxes

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