Received: by alpheratz.cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk id CAA10654 (8.6.9/5.3[ref pg@gmsl.co.uk] for cpm.aca.mmu.ac.uk from fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk); Sat, 12 May 2001 02:42:12 +0100 From: <joedees@bellsouth.net> To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 20:44:25 -0500 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: Information Message-ID: <3AFC4F29.15431.1038752@localhost> In-reply-to: <20010509181948.A580@ii01.org> References: <20010509132208.AAA16410@camailp.harvard.edu@[128.103.125.215]>; from wade_smith@harvard.edu on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:21:48AM -0400 X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12c) Sender: fmb-majordomo@mmu.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Reply-To: memetics@mmu.ac.uk
On 9 May 2001, at 18:19, Robin Faichney wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 09:21:48AM -0400, Wade T.Smith wrote:
> > On 05/09/01 07:59, Robin Faichney said this-
> >
> > >The best way to use any word is entirely a matter of opinion.
> >
> > Well, I'll grant that I'd die to make sure you have the right to say
> > whatever you want, but, I'll be damned if I have to agree with you.
>
> You obviously don't have to agree with me. The pressure you're
> feeling is the need to give good reasons for not doing so.
>
Robin's linguistic wishy-washiness here would make it seem as
though Charley Brown had a steel verbal spine by comparison.
And considering what Robin has here proposed, that opinion is a
compliment. Of course, the fact that it is a compliment is only my
opinion also, but it's made of words, so for Robin, any way I
choose to use them should suffice.
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> Robin Faichney
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