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LadyStardust · 08-23-2007, 10:33 PM

"Slapping names and tacking meanings onto things is healthy and human." While I concede that this is common human behaviour, I do not agree that it is healthy. It is detrimental and limiting, to say the least. I also realize, however, that language is inherently flawed in this way. Is "human" not a label in and of itself? Complex subject - maybe it has its own thread somewhere . . .

Fun piece, though. Was it intended as light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek fun, or social commentary?

08-23-2007, 10:33 PM	#5
LadyStardust Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Northern Ontario, Canada Posts: 247	"Slapping names and tacking meanings onto things is healthy and human." While I concede that this is common human behaviour, I do not agree that it is healthy. It is detrimental and limiting, to say the least. I also realize, however, that language is inherently flawed in this way. Is "human" not a label in and of itself? Complex subject - maybe it has its own thread somewhere . . . Fun piece, though. Was it intended as light-hearted, tongue-in-cheek fun, or social commentary? __________________ We're not gonna die. We can't die, Bendis. You know why? Because we are so...very...pretty. We are just too pretty for God to let us die.