Re: CHAT: Nov 11th

->An auxlang can't be a cure-all, but it could certainly help.
>Most auxlangers have come to think that an easy-to-learn
>2nd language for adults would prevent at least some of the
>misunderstanding that makes war more likely.
>
So war is caused by misunderstanding??? Well, maybe on rare occasions.  But,
I think in most wars both sides understand each other all too well.  (Of
course, the public may be deceived by its leaders, but this is another
problem.)

If peoples who speak the same language have fewer wars between them, it is
not because they avoid misunderstanding, but because they have lots of other
cultural common ground as well.  ~alypius