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RE: .loc.au stats for October
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lugnet.loc.au
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Wed, 6 Nov 2002 00:52:33 GMT
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There is the secondary use of quotes was to indicate something which was
described as something, but was actually not. Often used to show
saracasm within text, particularly with those who are decrying
post-modern discourse.
Post-modern (and feminist writers) in particular, use the meta-concept
to either hi-jack or derail the original concept of a word, often
turning it into the exact "opposite" of its original "meaning", then use
this altered "meaning" to show the self-contradictory messages within.
As can be seen the last paragraph, the use of quotes can often used to
meta-conceptualise and words which have an "absolute" "meaning". Since
one of the "foundations" of most post-modern discourse (particularly
within the "deconstructionist" framework) is the fact that everything is
relative, applying a absolutionist view to anything is equated with
heresy, and immediately puts you into the camp of white, male,
protestant baby-killers who don't pay enough tax.
Of course, this can go to far, with tragic circumstances, as seen in
this documentary:
http://www.theonion.com/onion3826/grad_student.html
Thus, your use of "insectoids" was "wrong", and should incur the full
"quality" rating downgrading. Not that you'd care, since any method of
rating uplifts the values and belief systems of one individual of
another, thus causing "God" to kill a kitten.
David Drew
-----Original Message-----
From: news-gateway@lugnet.com [mailto:news-gateway@lugnet.com] On Behalf
Of Kerry Raymond
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 9:44 AM
To: lugnet.loc.au@lugnet.com
Subject: Re: .loc.au stats for October
> So obviously that post would receive a hideously low quality rating,
> because it mentions "insectoids" twice....
There is a difference between using words like the above quoted and
unquoted. Unquoted they would rank as low quality, quoted they become
highly intellectual as it denotes a meta-concept. I observe you quoted
your use of the said word, thus making yours an excellent post.
Similarly, I used "meta-concept" (and quoted it in this very sentence)
so that's a winner too.
Kerry
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| (...) Hey! That's me. Apart from the bit about being a protestant, that is. food for thought: "nothing is absolute" is in itself an absolute statement. Allister (22 years ago, 6-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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| (...) There is a difference between using words like the above quoted and unquoted. Unquoted they would rank as low quality, quoted they become highly intellectual as it denotes a meta-concept. I observe you quoted your use of the said word, thus (...) (22 years ago, 5-Nov-02, to lugnet.loc.au)
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