indexical
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R.e.s.p.e.c.t. What does it mean and why should I care?
In my youth, my dad often gave me the following advice. Respect your elders, but don’t take any shit. I took Dad to mean that there is a mutual component to respect, that my respecting my elders didn’t give them license to abuse me. Even youth are due a modicum of respect. In this light, Continue reading
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Thoughtlets. xxxix.
One [wo]man’s ambiguity is another’s certainty. And vice versa. Continue reading
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Thoughtlets .xxiii.
Just as one man’s junk is another’s treasure, one man’s villain is another’s hero. Continue reading
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Thoughtlets .xviii.
Words such as ‘matters’, ‘dangerous’, and even ‘good’, require an indexical, by which is meant these words require a to or a for. Once you flesh in the indexical you open questions such as why, how, and so what? Some don’t think to ask these questions, others don’t want them asked. Continue reading
