Re: : bonfire ;) (was Re: Lighting Some Flames: Towards conlang artistry)
From: | J Y S Czhang <czhang23@...> |
Date: | Friday, March 15, 2002, 6:17 |
In a message dated 2002.03.15 06.04.30 AM, DigitalScream@AOL.COM writes:
>In a message dated 03/14/02 7:30:33 PM, czhang23@AOL.COM writes:
>
><< IMHO - in many ways, the West has a lot of catching up with the East
>to do ;) ~end ranting~ >>
>
> Interesting... "In many ways, X has a lot of catching up with Y to
>do." Or "Y is better than X". Well, opinions are opinions. ;) Just
teazin'.
Oh I do not wanna sound like I am _totally_ insensitive to all the
"barbarians" from the West ;) and the humour in my remarks was not quite
"marked" enough, eh? ;)
(Sacre Bleu, I could seriously do without the mean-spirited,
authoritarian Confucianist streak in certain Asian cultures, ferinstance...
the Police State of Singapore is a prime example of Confucianism run amok ;)
and one could seriously argue that post-Maoist China is essentially
neo-Confucianist, confused neo-Confucianist at that.
>"fawiT, Gug&g, tSagZil-a-Gariz, waj min DidZejsat wazid..."
>"Soft, driven, slow and mad, like some new language..."
> -Jim Morrison
Niceness.
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