On Tue, 2005-02-01 at 22:33, Jeff Gibbons wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Brust" <skzb at dreamcafe.com> > To: "Jeff Gibbons" <Log0n5150 at hotmail.com> > Cc: <dragaera at dragaera.info> > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 6:20 PM > Subject: Re: duh! > > > One judges the changes according to whether, in one's opinion, > > > That's just it, with language, how do you judge who's opinion is > correct? > Ummm...by considering the arguments? When I say, "such-and-such a change loses us an important distinction without gaining any benefit," you might claim the the distinction is not important; you might think; what we gain IS important; or you might agree with me.