Originally posted by ZambonerNo, you're not obliged to answer with any kind of standard at all. You've made that clear.
Am I obliged to answer all your questions with the seriousness of a POW like Twithead the sullen psychopath there?
You people need some help. Seek God! He'll free your soul from whatever bondage is afflicting you.
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Originally posted by PsychoPawnI can think of many examples of fiction that are more meaningful than the average true story. A Dostoyevsky novel, for instance. Not the cretinous OP, of course!
If you don't care about whether the story happened or not then fine, just thought it would be more meaningful if the story was true.
Then there's music. Is Bach 'true'?
Originally posted by Bosse de NageI can think of many examples of fiction that are more meaningful than the average true story. A Dostoyevsky novel, for instance.
I can think of many examples of fiction that are more meaningful than the average true story. A Dostoyevsky novel, for instance. Not the cretinous OP, of course!
Then there's music. Is Bach 'true'?
In some cases yes. Meaning is sometimes contextual.
In this case a fictional example of how god answers prayers is meaningless.
Then there's music. Is Bach 'true'?
True in that it exists.
Originally posted by PsychoPawnSo does Zamboner's story exist.
[b]I can think of many examples of fiction that are more meaningful than the average true story. A Dostoyevsky novel, for instance.
In some cases yes. Meaning is sometimes contextual.
In this case a fictional example of how god answers prayers is meaningless.
Then there's music. Is Bach 'true'?
True in that it exists.[/b]
Originally posted by Bosse de NageOnly in the meaning that it exists.
So it's as true as Bach.
Something being a true story means that the contents of the story actually happened. In that respect the story he posted is not true at all.
This is becoming somewhat of a question of semantics rather than anything meaningful though.
Originally posted by PsychoPawnDoes a Bach fugue have any meaning?
Only in the meaning that it exists.
Something being a true story means that the contents of the story actually happened. In that respect the story he posted is not true at all.
This is becoming somewhat of a question of semantics rather than anything meaningful though.
Doesn't satire have its own brand of truth?
I should think that semantics and meaning are very closely related ...
Originally posted by Bosse de NageMusic has meaning that mostly is defined by the interpretation of the person listening to it.
Does a Bach fugue have any meaning?
Doesn't satire have its own brand of truth?
I should think that semantics and meaning are very closely related ...
Satire can definitely have a message and that message can be true, false or a mixture of both.
Originally posted by PsychoPawnListening to Bach, for me, is more like drinking whiskey than, say, reading a book.
Music has meaning that mostly is defined by the interpretation of the person listening to it.
Satire can definitely have a message and that message can be true, false or a mixture of both.
So is the OP false, true, or a mixture of both?