Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA

Prescription only functions in scientific laws or
arbitrary dogma. And even scientific laws are subject
to the rules of falsification. That's not anarchy,
that's science.
I don't know what you're talking about when you bring
up the "sepsis" of anarchy in the US. The only people
in the US pushing anarchy are the libertarians and
other prophets/profits of small government. Do you
have some kind of animosity to Ron Paul?
When I see the way linguistics is done --by you and
everyone else on the list-- I do see a lot of anarchy
in the form of creative and critical thinking. After
discarding what doesn't work, things by and large get
sorted out.

--- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:

> No prescription is anarchy; and under the false
> banner of democracy, it is
> really anarchy that is being promoted in the US and
> countries infected by
> its sepsis.
>
> We are not talking about 'science' unless you think
> an English teacher is a
> scientist.
>
>
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> To: <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 12:14 AM
> Subject: Re: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA
>
>
> > Depends on what you're prescribing. I see too many
> > bone heads prescribing non-scientific belief.
> Social
> > "science" as such doesn't lend itself to
> prescription.
> > In any case, much of science is description, not
> > prescription. Prescription, when not warranted is
> a
> > sure path to fascism.
> > Languages, by nature, can only be described
> --unless
> > you're prescribing Newspeak. Sloppiness, of
> course,
> > has its consequences.
> >
> > --- Patrick Ryan <proto-language@...> wrote:
> >
> > > I usually go by #1 definitions.
> > >
> > > The #2 definition is just another symptom that
> our
> > > teachers are afraid to
> > > teach, and are willing to accept any sloppy
> meaning
> > > or pronunciation or
> > > grammar or vocabulary as 'usage'.
> > >
> > > To prescribe something is terrifying to them
> > > nowadays. To identify ignorance
> > > might offend the self-righteous ignorant.
> > >
> > > Patrick
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> > > To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:17 PM
> > > Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Finnish KASKA
> > >
> > >
> > > > At 10:21:31 PM on Monday, February 25, 2008,
> > > Patrick Ryan
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > [...]
> > > >
> > > > > We do not "posit" in linguistics.
> > > >
> > > > We most certainly do.
> > > >
> > > > AHD4 s.v. <posit>, definition 2: 'to put
> forward,
> > > as for
> > > > consideration or study; suggest'.
> > > >
> > > > M-W Online s.v. <posit>, definition 3: 'to
> propose
> > > as an
> > > > explanation'.
> > > >
> > > > Brian
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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