[Courrier ind?sirable] Re:[tied] Re: The meaning of life: PIE. *gWiH

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 10:12:40 AM on Sunday, February 17, 2008, tgpedersen
> wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > Such a shibboleth relationship is not something that is
> > resolved with the purge of one form overnight, it can drag
> > on over centuries in various dia- and sociolects.
>
> Or it can be a figment of the imagination.
>
> I don't deny the existence of the phenomenon, but you see a
> shibboleth under every bed.

If you see your task as defending status quo you'll end up having
contributed nothing new to the science other than general nastiness.


Torsten