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From: hinsenk@cyclone.ERE.UMontreal.CA (Hinsen Konrad)
Subject: Re: Esperanto (was: Languages in the EC)
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In article <3itphc$29o@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.engr.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:

   |> It has some similarities. However, there is also a fundamental difference.
   |> Religious debates are about topics that are inherently inaccessible
   |> to objective examination. In contrary, the majority of facts brought
   |> up in this debate can be examined by everyone willing to invest some
   |> time.

   Really?   Like the claim that Esperanto is "harmless"?   Exactly
   how do you investigate a claim like that?

I do not remember whether anyone made that claim, and in which context.
It probably wasn't me. As you state it, it is not well defined and
therefore cannot be proven correct or wrong.

Besides, I wrote "the majority of facts". Claims are not facts, and
a single example is not the majority.

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