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From: brg@netcom.com (Bruce R. Gilson)
Subject: Re: How to get a conial used
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.96.970317172513.25102B-100000@access5.digex.net>,
Paul O Bartlett  <pobart@access.digex.net> wrote:
>On Mon, 17 Mar 1997, Bruce R. Gilson wrote (excerpt):

[...]

>> Anyone with half an open mind can see that Novial is far easier than Esperanto,
>> more esthetically pleasing, and a thousand-fold more suited to the purpose
>> than Esperanto.
>
>    Bruce, these are astoundingly flimsy statements.  They are merely
>your personal biases with nothing to back them up.  And I rather resent
>the implication that my mind is more than half closed simply because I
>disagree with you.  You seem to be taking the position, "My mind is
>made up; don't bother me with reality."
>

Paul, we met in person several months ago. And at that time you agreed with
me to a large extent, being only somewhat more favorable to Esperanto than
myself.

I would love to know what great happening has occurred that led to your
decision to embrace Esperanto. At that earlier time, you agreed that Esperanto
was "too hard to learn," that Esperantists treated their cause like a
fanatical religion, all things which I have expressed here. Has someone
come with some new argument that convinced you otherwise? All I know is
a letter you posted on Auxlang stating that you had to pick a language, and
you chose E-o. No clue why.


                                Bruce R. Gilson
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