Posted by used2b on April 13, 2005, at 0:45:24
In reply to Re: The doctor's skillful insight, posted by gardenergirl on April 12, 2005, at 23:58:34
> > ...I am stating and presenting evidence that symbols are not only pretense to me, they are pretense to real scientists ...who spend their lives studying animal behavior.
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> Um, aren't there loads of other "real scientists" who study loads of other things that have nothing to do whatsoever with animal behavior?I advocate consitent use of language, but that doesn't mean I always accomplish what I advocate. The meaning required a definite article, or at least needed the sentence to be punctuated correctly.
revised: I am stating and presenting evidence that symbols are not only pretense to me, they are pretense to the scientists who spend their lives studying animal behavior.
It would need even more work to accurately describe the breadth of opinion among animal behavioralists.
> And boy howdy, you sure do seem peeved. I hope that you are able to access IRL support, because, uh, wow.
>I don't need support any more than I need a new addiction. I don't have any, at least not much, and I would usually refuse it if it were superficial. There are concepts worthy of support, such as accurate discourse, human rights, responsible authority, so please, send your support, real or pretend, to a deserving charity.
Obviously I care about the matter I am confronting, but I don't have to feel peeved at all to stage an effective confrontation. It's rhetoric. Remember I said it's all pretense to me? It's a skill that grows from a deep appreciation of pretense and an understanding of how hard one must push to budge large objects even a small distance.
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