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No one is universally despised. I can prove it, because I despise no one.
by oldmanjay 10y ago
No one is universally despised. I can prove it, because I despise no one.
- sdegutis 10y agoThat's not what I meant. Universally meaning, not on an individual basis, but categorical basis, of whether each person is humble or not. It's along the lines of the phrase "there's two types of people" where everyone belongs to either one group or another. Why is semantically correct communication so inherently difficult? Why was this comment of mine necessary? I once heard this is why Latin became the universal language: because it had much more nuance and complexity than other languages, which as it turned out was necessary when managing an empire that spanned the known world, so no other language would do.
- oldmanjay 10y agoYou used a tremendous number of words to clarify your meaning but haven't changed my understanding of the word 'universally' at all.
- sdegutis 10y agoIn my dictionary, "universally" has two definitions: "by everyone" and "in every case". You're only using the first definition. I'm using the second one.