-=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.4 Apr 2005

There are two -=Dark_Angel=-, P.I.s in this discussion. Look at the IP addresses to find out which is which. And for the second time, NO ONE IS SAYING THAT DELIBERATELY DECEPTIVE LYING IS CONVENIENT MEANS OF COMMUNICATION. I merely pointed out that if two Liars WANT to communicate, they can very easily do so by simple negation: "What did you have for breakfast?" "I didn't have scrambled eggs"; and if they don't want to communicate, i.e. they are actively trying to deceive eachother, then the alphabetical method would work. All this is entirely academic anyway because even if they couldn't communicate, so what? Rocks don't communicate and they exist. Loners don't communicate and they exist. And the fact that we have now established that Liars could communicate doesn't mean they do exist, or would ever exist. In fact, it doesn't fucking matter either way. It was just a hypothetical example. If I said to you "What would you do about the Catholic Church's stance on contraception if you were Pope?" you'd probably say "I'd never be Pope because I'm a woman." Saying "Liars wouldn't exist because they can't communicate" is not a reasonable answer to the question "If there were a race of Liars, would it be closed minded to reject the propositions they spouted?"