Posted by dorayme on 01/25/06 03:03

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<pan.2006.01.24.19.00.44.101952@thurston.blinkynet.net>,
Blinky the Shark <no.spam@box.invalid> wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Jan 2006 15:59:28 +0000, Jose wrote:
>
> >> You're still not quoting the message you are replying to...
> >
> > Yanno, sometimes a reply is =not= to a message, or a phrase, but to the
> > whole gestalt.
>
> Then quote the gestalt. :)

I think that the idea of this concept is its unquotability... One
can describe every little bit of a picture and miss the "whole",
the "gestalt". (btw, I agree with Els in not liking this word).
But one can quote things that will make the gestalt mysteriously
arise in the human brain.

--
dorayme

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