From: Andrew Jarrette
Message: 41388
Date: 2005-10-13
Andrew:
> Now I may regret having said that "all other IE
> languages" than English have changed /w/ in initial
> position. Today I got my hair cut, and in
> conversing with my haircutter I found out that she
> is an Iraqi of Kurdish descent who speaks Kurdish.
See? Now don't you feel better? Speaking of which,
I think I need a haircut too. I go to a Vietnamese
place but as far as I know, they only have v's :)
-- Yes, I do feel better. I must be quite immature in my attitudes.
PS: People decide that they are powerless, by their
own power. However, since most can't handle
the responsibility that comes with power, they
delegate their power to certain others... the
very people that crave it too much.
-- I believe you are being both humorous and serious here, and it may well be that this is a mishap that happens too frequently, but it depends on how you understand words. Yes, some have power over others, but I believe that ultimately all phenomena including human ones are based on the laws of nature, or at least are a function of nature, so I believe it is only luck, ultimately (but if we understood nature completely we could say it is the laws of nature) that determines who has power and who chooses to delegate it, not the people themselves. I believe human choices and decisions are merely functions of the laws of nature, i.e. if we had complete knowledge of nature we would be able to predict all events of the future exactly, including all human decisions (as well as who would be born, etc.). I know you will disagree with me, completely or partially, but it's just an idea I have based on having had to go to school.
Andrew
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