I was reading andin one of the reaction to G. Orwell's animal farm, the reader noted that pigs were very intelligent, and as such they were entitled torule the farm.
wo cheers for she or he who spots who the writer wasOn Tue, 18 May 2010, Jlsperanza@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 5/18/2010 2:56:50 P.M., donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: "If Iraq becomes a democracy, pigs will fly." But they will fly if attached to suitable aeronautical equipment. They can even land safely if the equipment is properly remote-controlled. What this has to do with democracy in Iraq escapes me. It is the stuff of cheese-based dreams. And that is leaving aside all that JLS might have to say about this 'If p, then q' assertion. The stuff of nightmares. ----- In fact I once presented a paper to S. A. Kripke (he never read it), called, "If Pigs Would Fly". I argued that a strict rigid designation of 'pig' is need to deprive them of 'wings' (to fly). He objected to my presenting a sequel to his sequel in the first place. This was for the Canadian Philosophical Society, a meeting at St. Tropez. ---- Kripke indeed argues that the War of Iraq, the democracy of Iraq, and flying pigs are "counterparts" in the 'best of possible worlds" (the phrase is Leibnizian). "A flying pig is not so much an inconceivability of thought but an idiocy of thought." J. L. Speranza --- for the Grice Club ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
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