At 06:02 PM 11/7/2001 -0800, mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
The author has neglected to consider the 4th and 5th frameworks :
BIGSTICKOLOGY. Wherein the existence of a disagreement defines the entire situation independent of the reference frameworks or the specific arguments of the participants and he with the biggest stick decides the moral question.
THIRDPARTYBIGGERSTICKOLOGY. Wherin a third party, completely uninterested in the moral dilemma faced by the parties of the first and second part, has a bigger stick than either of them and resolves their moral dilemma by altering completely the moral landscape from which the contest arose in the first place rendering the arguments and opinions of the first and second parties irrelevant.
I think this was the story line behind "The Day the Earth Stood Still". steve