Robin's gadri Proposal
On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 01:20:29PM -0700, Jorge Llamb?as wrote:
> --- Robin Lee Powell <rlpowell@digitalkingdom.org> wrote:
> > I would like everyone to bear in mind that this discussion is
> > *explicitely* outside the scope of the BPFK gadri proposal, however
> > it turns out. On Mon, Jul 26, 2004 at 04:02:52PM -0400, xod wrote:
> > >
> > > So if you come across people discussing Napoleon B., you reserve
> > > the right to interject "I'm surprised! He's been dead for years
> > > now."?
> >
> > Depends on what they said. "la napoleon.bonapart cu vitke lo mi
> > zdani" would cause that response, yes.
>
> That sentence could be true of the real world. That he's been dead for
> years doesn't mean he couldn't have visited someone's home. In fact,
> if someone's home is known to have been visited by Napoleon, that
> might be a noteworthy enough fact to talk about it. Unless you take
> the present as default, too.
I agree with all those things. That wouldn't stop me from being
surprised, though. I tend to take the present as a default, yes.
-Robin