Re: Oh, it looks like Daniel....

Yes, the context of your statements was a specific type of aesthetic
judgment. I think the discussion (really, mostly on my end) opened out
into other areas, though.

John -- you left out the song lyric. I'm very disappointed.

Here's mine:

"They stone you when you're driving in your car..."

Jim

Omlor@aol.com wrote:

> Jim,
>
> Let's try an experiment in capriciousness. From now on, I will
> respond to Daniel only with song lyrics.
>
> Not necessarily relevant ones, but just ones that pop into my head.
>
> I suspect the resulting effect will be about the same for the
> conversation (general incoherence), but it will be a lot more fun
> (appropriate since that's all Daniel thinks I care about).
>
> I'm ready.
>
> As to you your own post, I, of course, have never said that
> "everything" is "relatively equivalent" to anything. To do so would
> be simply stupid. I was, as you know, talking about specific sorts of
> aesthetic judgments. I do not, for instance, feel that preferring
> certain ethical or political positions over others is the equivalent
> of preferring chocolate over vanilla. But that's a completely
> different argument.
>
> On the other hand, I will admit this: I am not at all confident that I
> know what the phrase "objective value" really means in such a discussion.
>
> But I don't think we're going to adequately define it here.
>
> All the best,
>
> --John
>
>
>
>
>

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