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To: elmatador who wrote (50157)	5/19/2004 3:36:38 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Elm, you've got it wrong again. Tarken-san was born in Canada. He visits it. He doesn't live there. He's fluent in Japanese - see snowadventures.com [all his own work], understands French okay, and does okay in Mandarin. The fact that somebody is fluent in two or more languages doesn't mean they hold two conflicting ideas in their heads simultaneously. It's absurd to think that people using a common language think the same. You and I are using the same language right now, but you aren't agreeing with me. Heck, I don't even agree with myself from one week to the next and I only use one language. People aren't prisoners of their language. Language is just a communication tool, a way of reasoning and filing information in the brain's filing system. People have ideas that they can't put into words. People have an idea, then say "It's hard to explain", or "I can't put it into words". People are limited by the limitations of language, but are not prisoners of it. Different languages have succinct ways of describing ideas, but language is just an abstract model of reality, not reality itself. Anyway, you know all this. Mqurice

To: elmatador who wrote (50157)	5/19/2004 10:27:34 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

People are prisoners of their languages. Tell your son to leave Canada and go to any country that doesn't speak English. In Toronto you can live a very full and rewarding life without ever speaking English... The world is beating a path to our door...

To: elmatador who wrote (50157)	5/19/2004 10:30:28 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Respond to of 74559

My mother lost her wallet with a wad of cash in a California restaurant this March.. All the staff were (OK appeared) hispanic... she got it back to the penny...

To: elmatador who wrote (50157)	5/19/2004 10:37:00 PM
From: Cogito Ergo Sum	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

re: Message 20147288 That because an American and a Canadian tick the same way. But we don't... we speak the same language... not the same... Granted we are closer than most... but .. not the same.. you place too much import on language... ... let me finish the book..

To: elmatador who wrote (50157)	5/20/2004 3:22:19 PM
From: RealMuLan	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 74559

>>The way I look at it China growth will make them hit their heads in the ceiling.<< This actually, is not a bad thing. When it hits the ceiling, then the wealth have to spread horizontally, thus, more people will be benefited, unlike what is happening now, only 20% or so Chinese are enjoying the development. >>...right now, what we see is the US at pains with their return to its natural size trying to keep the status quo as bald men who comb the few remaining hairs across the bald head.<< I can see plenty of them everyday. Somehow, American guys are getting bold much earlier than Chinese guy<g> >>The way I look at it Israel is a museum-country as is Cuba North Korea.<< Another possibility is that 30 years from now, Muslim population within Israel will become a majority, so the election outcome might change.