[MD] Flying Spagetti Monsters

[ian glendinning]

Well Platt, if that is Merriam Webster's only definition of political
then it is plain wrong, but I doubt it is, MW is generally a pretty
good dictionary in my experience. Shall I check ? (Wikipedia
incidentally, has a more generic definition, which is a good one,
focussing on HOW any group makes a decision ... how being the pragmatc
question, but ....)

But as I said elsewhere today, dictionary defintions have very limited
value, except to etymologists. So that's no big deal to me. I was
talking about meaning not definition, much more interest to an
epistmologist. Important to understand the difference between
definition and meaning. Language has its limitations.

BTW: You are the only "fellow contributor" I've ever labelled as
"ignorant". Please don't generalise from the specific.

Ian

On 9/27/06, pholden at davtv.com <pholden at davtv.com> wrote:
> Quoting ian glendinning <psybertron at gmail.com>:
>
> > Platt said....
> > "Political" indicates some government body would decide ...
> >
> > Er, no Platt, political means as a matter of policy (contingent
> > pragmatism as opposed to dogma or authority). Your definition is one
> > of paranoia. Doh.
>
> Er, no Ian. Political means  "a : of or relating to government, a government,
> or the conduct of government" according to Merriam-Webster. To borrow a word
> you use to label your fellow contributors, your definition is "ignorant."
>
> Platt
>
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