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RE: Red, White and Blue - 9/9/2008 2:53:56 PM

jhannah27

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ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

Rob's MIL is a hoot!

I agree.

< Message edited by jhannah27 -- 9/9/2008 2:55:22 PM >

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RE: Red, White and Blue - 9/10/2008 8:06:55 AM

Rak

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Serge Birbrair

Rak, "If 50 million people say a wrong thing, it's still a wrong thing"
(-Bertrand Russel)

If critics use descriptors which mean one thing to you and another to me -
what is the value of it? How far apart are "red fruit" and "north-easterly wind"?

Good point Serge.
I would question, as you quote a noted thinker, the ability of language to precisely convey perceptual experiences and the differing use of language between people. My strawberries might be your raspberries!

Happy drinking
Rak

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