At 07:51 PM 5/17/2005, you wrote: >Paul Stone wrote: > >"You call my question 'nonsense'? That's rather insulting." > >If you are going to get your knickers in a knot, at least get it right. >What I said was that your question was nonsensical. What's the difference between nonsense and nonsensical? Nonsensical? NOT nonsense? So if something is "ironic", that's different from calling it "ironical"? >And it is. You are asking for a logical relation to an existential state. Yeah. Right on man. > But I suspect the point of all this handwaving is not understanding but > venting, so carry on. I'm not waving my hands. And I'm too busy to carry on. I know I'll never get a satisfactory answer to my question. Brian is right, my standards are just too damned high. paujl _________________ [insert pithy quote here] Paul Stone pas@xxxxxxxx Leamington, ON. Canada ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html