Quote:
Originally Posted by dwnielsen
Yes, but the goal of the original post was not really so much to gather argument.
|
Perhaps you shouldn't have launched with a phrase like "this abandonment of the Latin naming convention is kind of sickening", then. "Abandonment" and "sickening" are emotive words, pushing a particular view. Folks tend to push back under these circumstances, if so inclined.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwnielsen
Then you are in favor of renaming the planets?
|
Not at all. I was illustrating how your argument from "sampling" can be used to justify discarding any name at all.
Quote:
Originally Posted by dwnielsen
Why is a supposedly mythological proper name different? Gods can bind lands together or rend them apart. "Gaud" (God) can mean "Joy". "Santa Claus" can mean "Divine Gate". These may be bad translations, but since when did all humans think infallibly?
|
And sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
Grant Hutchison