Posted by Lou Pilder on January 8, 2008, at 14:27:19
In reply to Re: Lou's requestto Robert Hsiung and discussants- » Lou Pilder, posted by Dinah on December 31, 2007, at 9:18:29
> Lou, I appreciate your support of Phillipa.
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> But I hate to see you putting so much work into finding old examples of generalizations. Rules at Babble evolve over the years in response to what Dr. Bob sees as issues that need to be addressed, just as they do in any other area of life.
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> I do think it would be helpful for Dr. Bob to be more explicit in these evolutions of interpretation, and perhaps incorporate them into the FAQ - even though the underlying rule is already in the FAQ.Dinah,
You wrote,[...but I hate to see you putting so much work into...rules evolve...in any other...].
I am putting this work of mine here for others that have emailed me that may feel defenseless, that may feel hurting, that may feel brokenhearted or feel as a captive to guilt or shame where they think that no guilt or shame is deserved.
As about rules evolving, my understanding of an evolutionary change is that it is a developing process over a long period of time with many steps in between the innitial starting point to the end point, be it Darwin's theory or political or social development over a long period of time. As to that you wrote,[...just as they do in any other area of life...], could you post here an example, let's say, a country's use of an evolving process in a law of that country? If you could, then we could examine to see if they are equivalent processes to the concept of evolution here in regards to steps and time in this particular case in question and discuss such accordingly.
If you are agreeing with me in my understanding of what it means to evolve, is the phrase in question,{more often than not}, the end point in the evolution that you are referring to? If so, could you identify the starting point? If you could, then I could have the opportunity to see if there were steps in between them and respond accordingly.
Lou
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