Comments on: Crossing the Dogma-Line http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/crossing-the-dogma-line/ Spiritual and Self Development Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:10:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Marcus http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/crossing-the-dogma-line/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Marcus Mon, 21 Jan 2008 01:11:13 +0000 http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/crossing-the-dogma-line/#comment-376 Language is very malleable, and that's both a blessing and a curse. It means it can be used to manipulate in very powerful ways. Yet the more aware the listener is, the less power language has to control. There's another aspect too. When a person misinterprets something's meaning - he gives new meaning to that thing. So when he writes it down, it becomes even more obscure to the following readers. I guess we need to find some sort of balance - otherwise couldn't we end up fearing to speak? Language is very malleable, and that’s both a blessing and a curse. It means it can be used to manipulate in very powerful ways.

Yet the more aware the listener is, the less power language has to control.

There’s another aspect too. When a person misinterprets something’s meaning – he gives new meaning to that thing. So when he writes it down, it becomes even more obscure to the following readers.

I guess we need to find some sort of balance – otherwise couldn’t we end up fearing to speak?

]]> By: Dave http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/crossing-the-dogma-line/comment-page-1/#comment-373 Dave Sun, 20 Jan 2008 14:41:37 +0000 http://www.thethoughts.co.uk/thoughts/crossing-the-dogma-line/#comment-373 I like the idea of the speaker/listener sharing responsibility for the communication. It's an exchange not to be taken lightly. You're right, even though we need to choose our words with careful awareness of their potential, the onus then falls on the reader (audience) to give it their best effort at trying to put our words into perspective and understand them relatively. I like the idea of the speaker/listener sharing responsibility for the communication. It’s an exchange not to be taken lightly. You’re right, even though we need to choose our words with careful awareness of their potential, the onus then falls on the reader (audience) to give it their best effort at trying to put our words into perspective and understand them relatively.

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