What did boromir do in rivendell? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

William Cloud Hicklin · 10-08-2012, 03:38 PM

I suspect that the communication passing like ships in the night here has to do with, on the one hand, viewing the word "sexist" as morally freighted and pejorative, and on the other hand viewing it as a neutral descriptor. It can of course be either, but onhe hopes that both participants in a conversation understand it the same way for that purpose!

(BTW, modern "representative democracy" does NOT work- but everything else is even worse).

10-08-2012, 03:38 PM	#30
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	I suspect that the communication passing like ships in the night here has to do with, on the one hand, viewing the word "sexist" as morally freighted and pejorative, and on the other hand viewing it as a neutral descriptor. It can of course be either, but onhe hopes that both participants in a conversation understand it the same way for that purpose! (BTW, modern "representative democracy" does NOT work- but everything else is even worse). __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.