On 12/5/05, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <<http://www.livejournal.com/users/q_pheevr/33337.html>> > > Linguists here in Canada have been following closely, with a mixture of > amusement, bemusement, and, it must be admitted, a little trepidation, > the deliberations of our neighbours to the south, who are currently > considering, in a courtroom in Pennsylvania, whether "Wrathful > Dispersion Theory," as it is called, should be taught in the public > schools alongside evolutionary theories of historical linguistics.
I read this kind of thing and usually find myself imagining that our descendants, a few hundred years from now, reading history, will shake their heads at how much time and energy we wasted... much as we respond to those who invested so much of themselves in figuring how how many angels can dance of the head of a pin, etc. And here I am, wasting time commenting about it. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
