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On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote: > Xod: > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, And Rosta wrote: > > > > > Xod: > > > > On Wed, 23 Oct 2002, Jorge Llambias wrote: > > > > > Yes, I don't mind disagreeing with CLL > > > > > > > > I haven't yet seen an explanation of what's so broken with the CLL > > > > definition or usage of lo'e > > > > > > It's not broken. It's incomplete/vague/underspecified > > > > That's the nature of the idea of "typical". What part of this bothers you > > and Jorge? Do you want to detach lo'e from "typical"? Do you want to give > > "typical" a firmer logical footing? Or what? > > A firmer logical footing, a better understanding of the truth conditions, > that sort of thing. The keyword "typical" and the textbook examples give > us a kind of quick sketch of what the meaning is, but we are trying to > draw up the architectural blueprint, as it were. Not merely out of > anality, but also because in the end someone always innocently asks a > question that cannot be answered without the blueprint. This will be the fourth time I ask you guys how you intend to sharpen the *subjective* notion of lo'e with these gymnastics -- plus Nick's attempt at getting an answer. I have to conclude that you aren't, in fact, really doing anything but detaining lo'e and infecting it with an alien fungus which will to the crude palate taste exactly like "typically", but under scrutiny reveal its inauthenticity. -- Henry McCullers, an affable Plano, TX-area anti-Semite, praised the Jewish people Monday for doing "a bang-up job" running the media. "This has been such a great year for movies, and the new crop of fall TV shows looks to be one of the best in years," McCullers said. "And the cable news channels are doing a terrific job, too. Admittedly, they're not reporting on the Jewish stranglehold on world finance, but, hey, that's understandable."