[Artemisia] Smalls and language (moving OOP)

[Bruce Padget]

The Gentle Belladonna writes,

> I will confess that I used you most cruelly. I knew all along that
> you were not arguing for standardization, but I used your statement
> to launch my own topic anyway. My feeble defense for mistreating you
> this way was that I'd hoped you wouldn't mind too much. My other
> feeble defense is that your erudition often launches me into the most
> delightful reveries. Can you forgive me? In fact, the distinction in
> our arguments is quite subtle. I believe you were arguing mostly
> against the prescription of certain terms, while I was arguing
> against the proscription of certain terms. In the end, the result of
> either is a dearth of creativity in language, which is, I think,
> ultimately what we both are arguing against.

Of course I forgive what little there may be to forgive, and I hope you 
can excuse my sharpness.

Regards,
Niccolo
bapadget at yahoo.com