On Wed, 5 Mar 2003, Warlord wrote: > Correct. The communcation is understood. Like I said, *what* you say is > more important that *how* you say it, although I agree that "how" definately > influences how easily the intended meaning is communicated. Your method > of communication is intended to be a main focus of the entertainment, though > without meaning the delivery would not have its intended affect. My two cents: there aren't "meaning"s, there are only utterances. See _Consciousness Explained_ for an explanation, or go with (McLuhan's?) "The medium is the message". It doesn't bother me that you write "definately" as I hope it doesn't bother you that I tend to qualify what I say to such an extent that I don't actually say anything, but it does mean that I respond to your writing differently than I do to say Mark's. Or that he responds differently to this post than he would have if I had gone to the trouble of looking up how spell "McLuhan" or even to getting the correct attribution. Some communities are more stringent in such matters than others, but I'd be surprised to see an example of a group that is radically inclusive.