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   Re: I want to parse like Superman (was Re: Identity)

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  • From: John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org>
  • To: xml-dev@ic.ac.uk
  • Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 19:57:17 -0400 (EDT)

Christopher Lane scripsit:

> The proposition may be stated incorrectly. If you recall your comic
> history, Clark wore his Superman costume at all times under his clothes,
> presumably unless he were going swimming with Lois. Clark was Superman,
> most of the time,

Indeed, he was Superman *all* of the time. Identity either holds or
it doesn't; there is no such thing as "becoming identical" or
"ceasing to be identical".

> All of these things are known by us, the
> readers of the comic or watcher of the movie/show.

Hmm, do you perhaps have family knowledge?  :-)

-- 
John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
       I am a member of a civilization. --David Brin

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