From: Peter T. Daniels
Message: 6174
Date: 2005-10-05
>(a) When was that posting? Why have you never alluded to it before?
> At 14:23 -0400 2005-09-30, Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> > > Since 6 September I have been in Senegal, France, Ireland, New York,
> > > Seattle, and am now in Vancouver, going to Portland, Jacksonville,
> > > and Doylestown over the next fortnight, and this matter simply
> > > doesn't have priority for me at the immediate moment. I am *busy*.
> >
> >Long before 6 September you were asked for your definition of "writing
> >systems," yet you continue not to provide one. You certainly had enough
> >time for contentless argumentative postings, addressed especially to
> >Suzanne.
>
> Actually, I already did provide a definition, but you overlooked it,
> embedded in one of my messages. But then, you don't read what I write
> very carefully. When I have time, I will dig it out and polish it up
> in a more obvious fashion. This is not a priority for me, and I am
> unlikely to get to it for a fortnight.
>
> The definition is not absolute, as the facts about the world's
> writing systems are not absolute.