scart ridge Wrote:Naphta Wrote:Because your interpretation negates the usefulness - and indeed the function - of the word by insisting on an interpretation so literal.
how does it do that? the concept of 'intolerance of intolerance' isn't logically consistent with itself, but people aren't logically consistent with themselves, either, so 'intolerance of intolerance' exists whether or not you're covering your ears about it.
While I appreciate that you've found your 'Everything Means Everything Means Nothing Means Everything Means Nothing' philosophy personally useful, I'm suggesting that it's an active hurdle to the exchange of ideas between people. We employ language in order to try to communicate ideas more sophisticated than our hunter-gatherer forbears. In order for it to be useful, we try to work within generally agreed parameters regarding the meaning of terms that we employ.
I know you like to push your 'subverting the subverts' ideal by halting at every comma to derail what went previously. I know this and understand how it can be done - I recognise the limits of language. Ultimately though, I find this policy distracting, and not really much use when engaging in discussions such as this.