From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Sun 09 Mar 2003 - 10:34:03 GMT
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From: "Reed Konsler" <konslerr@mail.weston.org>
> Wouldn't it be better to say that some messages have meanings "to me" and
> some don't have meaning "to me" instead of making absolute statements?
> Doesn't it also make sense to say that different messages will have
> different meanings to you and me?
It does also make sense to say that different messages will have the
same/ an alike meaning to you and me, and it would also make sense
to say that the same/ an alike message will have a different meaning
to you and me.
> Does the message change?
As such no ! Once a message is said it will stay that way, just the
ways of interpretation, of how we interpretate, what we might belief
or what we disagree with will be changed due to the contents of the
initial message.
Once a message have been said our own, individual conceptual context
will surround it_ we will make the message our ' own '.
You can never be absolute about what have been said, because
somewhere, someone will differ its meaning, how insignificant that
difference will and can be.
' Killroy was here ' has been written down on a thousand walls but
where the message/ meaning seem to be the same, context and the
shift in space/ time makes it everytime different.
The thousands of handwritings are making the message each time
different.
Kenneth
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