On Wed, 2006-03-22 at 08:33 +0000, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Mar, 2006 at 07:32PM -0600, Jan Depner spake thus:
> > On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 11:42 +0000, james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > > On Tue, 21 Mar, 2006 at 06:50AM +0000, tim hall spake thus:
> > > > Cesare Marilungo wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I tend to subscribe to the relativistic position. But I'm not sure about
> > > > that. I defend my and other people's right to make up our own minds on
> > > > these issues. I'm sure if there was a nice pat solution we'd have given
> > > > it a decent shot by now.
> > >
> > > I can't help but feel relativism is a big cop out.
> > >
> > > Don't take this the wrong way - I'd have to describe myself as a
> > > relativist, nihilist and existentialist. All at once.
> > >
> > > And with all that, I suppose you have to throw postmodern in there
> > > too.
> > >
> > > It's the big cosmic joke, that all of these things we've created (from
> > > society to gestures like waving goodbye) are arbitrary and yet we can
> > > argue and kill each other over them.
> > >
> > > Okay, I'm not adding to the discussion, just showing off some big
> > > words.
> > >
> >
> > That's it! No more circumlocutorysesquapedalianism ;-)
>
> Okay, you win. Google didn't help me find out what it meant and I'm
> not resorting to using one of those bricks of dead tree.
>
> What is it?
>
> The act of cycling around the long way to avoid bigfoot?
>
It means beating around the bush by using large words ;-)
--
Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
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this we should do freely and generously."
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Pennsylvania for his "Pennsylvania Fireplace", c. 1744
