I think it’s one thing to allow every position to be argued. It’s another thing to allow any position to be proposed with a story while the author tries to escape arguing for it.
NancyLebovitz requests here that the author argues for the position he takes.
Yes, but if you want to get that technical, the correct form depends on the gender of the latin word for “parable”. The two options are parabola (which has the “parable” meaning only in late Latin, I think) and fabula ( == fable, e.g. Aesop’s). Luckily, both are feminine so non gratae is correct.
Although you can make an argument that the English word “parables” has the neuter gender and so it still should be non grata :-)
That’s not what I said. I think that when it comes to emotionally charged topics it’s important to focus on on explicit discussing of arguments.
Post shouldn’t be banned because just because they spread a certain opinion or just because they use a certain style but posts that do voice problematic opinions in a non-fact based style shouldn’t be here.
Not allowing posts which don’t pass some arbitrary threshold that smells of social justice will drive more people away.
I think it’s one thing to allow every position to be argued. It’s another thing to allow any position to be proposed with a story while the author tries to escape arguing for it.
NancyLebovitz requests here that the author argues for the position he takes.
I haven’t noticed any attempts to escape. I would like to suggest they are products of your imagination.
He escaped into the medium of a parable.
/rolls eyes
So, parables are now non grata on LW? Perhaps you’d like to revise the Sequences and take all parables out of it, too?
I think the plural is non gratae. (SCNR.)
Yes, but if you want to get that technical, the correct form depends on the gender of the latin word for “parable”. The two options are parabola (which has the “parable” meaning only in late Latin, I think) and fabula ( == fable, e.g. Aesop’s). Luckily, both are feminine so non gratae is correct.
Although you can make an argument that the English word “parables” has the neuter gender and so it still should be non grata :-)
I was thinking of feminine parabola, but...
:-)
That’s not what I said. I think that when it comes to emotionally charged topics it’s important to focus on on explicit discussing of arguments.
Post shouldn’t be banned because just because they spread a certain opinion or just because they use a certain style but posts that do voice problematic opinions in a non-fact based style shouldn’t be here.
How about you start with Three Worlds Collide, then?