The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63751   Message #1041729
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
25-Oct-03 - 05:08 PM
Thread Name: BS: On Not Hating One's Enemies
Subject: RE: BS: On Not Hating One's Enemies
"this particular GUEST" - but which one is it on any occasion? All it's possible to say is "the person who wrote this particular post on this particular day at this particular time said this. It's impossible to know whether it's the same as on any other occasion.

Moreover, without that it's not even possible to know if what is written is written in the direct mode, and that it is meant to be taken straight, or in some would-be ironic mode, where it's meant to be interpreted as meaning something entirely other.

I can't be fashed with that kind of nonsense.