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Spot on. Good essay. All the women politicians, PMs, royalty are also fallible. ;)
posted by
A-and-B
on August 27, 2005 at 4:10 AM
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JJ
Thank you for your comment.
Indeed so! Anyone living in London in, say, the1840s and 50s, could confidently have predicted that a century hence, most of the population would have died of cholera.
So much for the power of prediction
posted by
ariel70
on August 27, 2005 at 2:16 AM
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Ariel,
Since all of this is supposed to take place in 125,000 years, I think I'll relax and enjoy the weekend. Aside from that, I find that prophesies extended out to that range tend to overlook too many possible changes in the interim period to be the least bit meaningful.
jj
posted by
Jack_Flash
on August 27, 2005 at 1:23 AM
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gomedome
Thank you for your comment.
Paperless office? I'm drowning in the damned stuff!
posted by
ariel70
on August 27, 2005 at 12:37 AM
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joe love
Thank you for your comment.
I write for magazines
posted by
ariel70
on August 27, 2005 at 12:35 AM
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Thought provoking piece, Ariel
Geeez, that read just like it came out of a magazine! Very nice work.
posted by
Joe_Love
on August 26, 2005 at 8:22 PM
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ariel70 -- I'm still waiting for the domed cities that we were supposed to
all be living in by the year 2,000 so I can work in my paperless office.
posted by
gomedome
on August 26, 2005 at 1:59 PM
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Ariel...They don't teach grammar like they used to....
Even I have trouble with some sentence phrasing. My late father was a newspaper editor. So he was always there to proofread my work. As I get older, I seem to be slipping on some of my own rules of grammar. But I know what you mean about some writers here...lol
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on August 26, 2005 at 1:37 PM
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Medusa
Thank you for your comment.
I have had a life-long love affair with the English language, and I cherish it more than anything.
I hesitate to say this, but some people in here really ought to go back to school. An old-fashioned school, where grammar, syntax and punctuation are paramount.
( My use of a space at each side of a colon or semi-colon, is mere affectation, I assure you. Only one who knows the rules should be permitted to deviate from them
posted by
ariel70
on August 26, 2005 at 1:32 PM
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Boy, Ariel70...You have a good command of the english language...
Quite a thought-provoking piece and interesting argument. Here's to Y and X, forever...
posted by
MedusaNextDoor
on August 26, 2005 at 1:19 PM
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