Re: brouhaha-hahaha

You answered your own question, Daniel, there at the end.

To a hijacker, a plane "means" lethal weapon.

To a traveler, a plane "means" a way to travel from one place to the next.

If a hijacker takes over a plane and crashes it into a building, his
definition wins, no?

Jim

Yocum Daniel GS 21 CES/CEOE wrote:

>I distinctly remember in past conversations that in Kafka's brief essay that
>the meaning that everyone could agree on was too simple or plain or
>un-intellectually stimulating or whatever. I can't see what you have said
>here really differs from what I said. The meaning was describing universals
>applicable to all of humanity. Evil, power, force. control etc. Now you
>introduce applicability, ok, I sometimes use a hammer to drive nails,
>stakes, break off splinters on a poorly sawn board but it is still a hammer
>even if I use it to hold a stack of papers down against the wind or prop the
>door open or clunk some one on the head. When it was manufactured it was
>manufactured as a hammer regardless of the material it was made from,
>rubber, steel, copper or wood. I guess an airliner with 200 passengers and
>a hijacker can 'mean' lethal missile but of course that is against the
>manufacturer's intention. Use or abuse away but what do you mean by
>meaning?
>
>Daniel
>
>
>

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