tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post5790667505195768097..comments2023-10-31T04:56:00.798-05:00Comments on It Must Be the Vapors…: MENTAL CONCRETEYodoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09244765916380830711noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-57335512125486420252009-10-21T10:31:02.578-05:002009-10-21T10:31:02.578-05:00All good points about context, nuance, poetic vs a...All good points about context, nuance, poetic vs academic discourse, sarcasm etc.. Language and communication are such complex forms, they accidentally start wars and dissolve marriages, alienate people and empower tyrants. You and I obviously tussle over meaning but woe is the day when that tension is resolved completely!<br /><br />I wonder where it fits in Kulturs project of anti- domestication? I can't imagine a world without Shakespear but he certainly isn't feral and finds a beauty in the fear of death which I would sorely miss.troutskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16020298501632120830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-73138861015462181332009-10-20T15:24:45.695-05:002009-10-20T15:24:45.695-05:00Sometimes the reaction of such thinking becomes st...Sometimes the reaction of such thinking becomes stretched beyond permissible limits such that it snaps back with, “Arguing what truth means is irrelevant. Look up trust in the dictionary. Problem solved." in a comment earlier. To which I answered, with this "this is this and that is that" refusal to understand the context in which a word is used as an indication of what is meant, there's probably very little poetic license with which you won't argue, because that's not how the dictionary dictates it to mean. Pretty sad. Problem perpetuated.<br /><br />At the time this conversation took place, I was trying to stay focused on the actual topic being discussed. I didn't snap at anything. As you said, you could not read my body language. I didn't want get side tracked into arguing a point that I knew we both would eventually agree on, in which we did once it was discussed later.Lilwavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06180488374061262082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29705116.post-64894629930198206022009-10-20T09:10:30.119-05:002009-10-20T09:10:30.119-05:00you can lead a horse to water....
Ayou can lead a horse to water....<br /><br />AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com