Re: Gulliver
| From: | David Peterson <digitalscream@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, January 9, 2002, 3:39 |
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In a message dated 1/8/02 5:17:49 PM, samuelriv@YAHOO.COM writes:
<< And yes, I know Japanese is a separate language
family. But if the people of Balnibarbi appear
Oriental in complexion, >>
The point that's missing here is that these labels "Oriental" and such
aren't his, but are Swift's, and they were functional back when Swift was
writing. That they are no longer politically correct doesn't mean that they
can't still bear some functional load operating in Swift's time and only in
Swift's time. Besides, that's all there is to go on (or, at least, this is
what I'm getting).
-David
"Zi hiwejnat zodZaraDatsi pat Zi mirejsat dZaCajani sUlo."
"The future's uncertain and the end is always near."
--Jim Morrison
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