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Re: reply to And #2



>>Lojban, or more specifically Lojban language use, thus implicitly embeds
>>some desire to have the logical aspects of the communication be
>>accountable.  Using unmarked metaphor or irony denies that
>>accountability - it renders a key portion of the framework of the
>>language (which is more than merely its syntax) moot.
>
>But surely this is not relevant to social situations in which the speaker
>does not care about accountability?

If you don't care about accountability, why do you care whether those to whom
you are not accounting judge your usage to be non-Lojbanic?

lojbab