Posted by zeugma on January 8, 2006, at 15:26:28
In reply to Re: Larry's Block and a civil atmosphere » zeugma, posted by alexandra_k on January 8, 2006, at 14:40:06
i think...
that people might be thinking (consciously or unconsciously) that in order to show larry proper support... one must be mad at dr-bob...
whereas before...
it was about deneb.
thats all i'm saying...>>
Is it?
Because it seems you said more than that.
And think of the maxims I am flouting now (see above discussion of Grice.) Sorry for the offputting jargon for those who don't feel like wading through speech act theory and related topics, but when someone so theoretically inclined says they are 'just being descriptive,' I know she's not talking about the scenery. [That last was meant for anyone not caught up in academic quibbling, enjoyable though it is, as you and I are. I was making a generalization that an awful lot of baggage is carried along in that word 'descriptive.'I did not mean to address you in the third person in your presence, so to speak. It doesn't sit well with me. My own notions of decent behavior I suppose.]
And... It's not my wish to make anyone uncomfortable here. That's why I'm only discussing those points of your post that I quoted above,and not even all of that, but just your last sentence. And your use of the term 'descriptive.' To say anything else would be to say too much, and at this point I would rather be unintelligible than convey a meaning I don't intend to that might hurt someone's feelings. And hopefully, that conveys the desired message.
Think of the parts of your post that I am not discussing, alexandra. That's what I mean.
-z
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