Posts by Sacha
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Some languages have genders for objects. I doubt it's because lightbulbs or schoolbuses are male or female.
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Ben, smart folk have been debating the nature of human experience and "truth" for centuries.
You're using words like "reality" and "illusion" and "represent" in ways that suggest your thinking about this area is differently grounded to that of say Dr Tiso whose study specialised in that (and who therefore uses terms like "fictions" differently than most).
We weave our worlds with stories. Because Avatar is a very popular and powerful one, it shapes how people can think about what is real and what is meaningful to them and other humans.
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Though nothing wrong with a little postneorealism.
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Or even perhaps Keith talking about Google.cn:
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as soon as Chomsky is mentioned in a thread, the thread is officially beyond being saved
Surely you mean "copyright" not chomsky :)
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Anyone who thinks visible dissent automatically means good outcomes for people in any country has not read enough Chomsky.
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(guess who's not jostling with teeming teens)
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Rofflenui
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That was hours ago
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Having read all the cool stuff on other threads (thanks folks) before returning to the scene of the crime, can I note that I started laughing earlier than Emma.