Re: Bargaining in bad faith.. (Was: Re: Plural terms and their multiple definitions

From: Rob Seaman <seaman-at-noao.edu>
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:17:02 -0700


Bad faith?!? I'm too much the naif here to attempt coherent shenanigans and Alasdair, Norman and Ed are too patient and polite to be characterized so.

> Isnt this all reopening old wounds (so to speak). I thought we voted
> this
> matter closed over a month ago in favor of using Singular terms.

I may have failed to make it clear, but I was attempting to ask a different question. The resulting discussion has been useful. Thanks to all involved.

> If we continue to contravene overall sentiment and reopen these sort
> of
> issues, then we will indeed be like the DM group of past years and get
> very little done.

I dunno. The frisson betwixt VOEvent and Semantics has seemed quite productive. It takes something like the U.S. Congress to contravene overall sentiment, but my apologies if I've contravened your own.

Rob

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