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From: elna@netcom.com (Esperanto League N America)
Subject: anti-Esperanto
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 1995 17:24:14 GMT
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rte@elmo.lz.att.com (Ralph T. Edwards) writes in a recent posting (reference <rte-1310951429000001@mac-118.lz.att.com>):
>
>And other stuff of little relevance to any of the news groups listed.
>
>Is there any way the Esperantists can be encouraged to keep their
>bimonthly spam wars out of sci.lang?  Science studies natural phenomena,
>not parlor games and hobbies.
>
You will perhaps notice the cause of these offensive flamefests is in
the anti-Esperanto camp. Obviously unscientific assertions based on
a priori judgements of realworld phenomena *ought* to be challenged and
corrected.
I agree that the anti-Esperanto crowd should be encouraged to keep their
baseless attacks out of the "sci" hierarchy. Someone suggested creating a
group called "alt.flame.Esperanto" so the hysterical howlers can convene 
and gripe to their hearts' content.
"Science studies natural phenomena" says RTE. If this includes discussions
of language as natural phenomena, then planned languages are also fair game.
Is engineering a part of science? 
Esperanto is neither a parlor game nor a hobby. Perhaps RTE should keep a
better grip on his "facts" or bring his insults to another group, as suggested 
above.

Miko.

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