Re: CHAT: Nov 11th

At 1:19 pm -0500 16/11/99, Bryan Maloney wrote:
>On Tue, 16 Nov 1999, abrigon wrote:
>
>> (400+-) were totally detroyed. Maybe a good reason for a common lingo,
>> AuxLang is so people can talk to each other and make sure WW1s and like
>> never happen again.
>
>Rubbish.
>Trash.
>Nonsense.
>Crapola.
Yep - as we say in this neck of the world: COBBLERS!

>The belligerents in the French Revolution spoke a common language.  The
>belligerents in the English and American Civil Wars spoke a common
>language.  The belligerents in the American Revolution (not counting a
>handful of Hessians) spoke a common language.  Gang-bangers who shoot
>holes into each other usually speak a common language.  The leaders of
>the Wars of the Roses spoke a common language.
The two tribes who spent nearly 30 years killing members of the other side
in the 6 counties of nortern Ireland share a common language.  The Serbs,
Croats & Bosniaks of Bosnia all share what is essentially the same
language.  The different factions in the long running civil wars that
almost destroyed the Lebanon not so long ago speak a common language.

And one could go on and on and on.

>The idea that a universal Auxlang will lead in any way to world piece is
>unsubstantiable twaddle.  Indeed, it is actually contradicted by the
>witness of history.
Indeed, it most certainly is.

The one European country that escaped the vicissitudes of war this century
is Switzerland, which has four official languages.  The peoples of that
country seem to get along fine with feeling any urge to slaughter one
another.

Ray.



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