Pretty diagram

[Molly]

Isn't this a pretty diagram?

http://www.talkingpeople.net/tp/languages/worldeng.html

[Ralf]

All art is quite useless, someone once said.
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[Molly]

A person who found it useless, I imagine. :lol:

Such statements amuse me. I always wonder why the speaker is too chicken to add "In my opinion...". Why do such speakers try to pretend that such personal statements have value for all? Odd?

[Ralf]

Because it is clear that you can only speak for yourself.
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[Molly]

Really? So such statements never need to be qualified by "in my opinion...", right?

[Ralf]

Not if you're confident enough to say what you think.
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[Molly]

So tell us what YOU think, Ralf. Do you agree with the "confident" statement that all art is useless?

[Ralf]

[Molly]

A queer thought, could we say? :P