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Re: Language superiority, improvement, etc.

From:Gerald Koenig <jlk@...>
Date:Thursday, October 15, 1998, 0:42
Ray said:
> >I say that the notion that some natlangs are superior to others is just as >flawed, meaningless and IMHO dangerous as holding that certain races are >superior to others. To me _both_ notions suck.
Well that to me is a really strange identity. Do you think some educations are superior to others? Is not a language an education? Does an education add one whit to the inherent worth of the possesor? Is the thing contained equivalent to the container? jerry