(urth) Path of Air

António Marques entonio at gmail.com
Wed Aug 18 20:09:16 PDT 2010


On 19 August 2010 02:55, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net> wrote:

> This is a discussion list. If you are unable to provide better answers than
> the "obvious" ones,


*You* are the one who could only provide those 'answers'. Which are only
'obvious' because they don't answer anything.
I'm more interested in asking questions. If you have no answer for them, no
one's going to think the worse of you, so no need to write non-answers. I
wasn't even talking to you specifically (even if I were you'd be under no
obligation to answer, of course).


> why do you complain about them?
>

Because they answer nothing, since they are not answers but merely flippant
"because it is so" remarks, and hence worthless and out of place in a
*discussion*?


> Perhaps it's actually the endless bickering that is a problem for some. I
> don't know. I'm not going to address it further.
>

You'd have done a much better job if you hadn't written those two replies.
What did they gain anyone?

António Marques wrote:
>
>> This kind of answers is precisely why people lose interest in following
>> the list.
>>
>> On 19 August 2010 00:58, David Stockhoff <dstockhoff at verizon.net <mailto:
>> dstockhoff at verizon.net>> wrote:
>>
>>    Some obvious answers present themselves:
>>
>>
>>    António Pedro Marques wrote:
>>
>>        Lee Berman wrote (18-08-2010 12:58):
>>
>>            I think Valeria remains a possible candidate as Severian's
>>            missing twin
>>            sister. The wife of Roman emperor valentinianus was named
>>            Valeria
>>            Severa.
>>
>>
>>        This I think is worth exploring.
>>
>>        - When Severian goes to Yesod, Valeria remains in his place
>>        for decades. Why would this be tolerated? We're told of no
>>        similar thing in the history of the Autarchy.
>>
>>    ---Because it's not important.
>>
>>
>>        - What's Severian's attraction to Valeria? He met her when
>>        both were reasonably young. Then years pass and suddenly upon
>>        becoming Autarch he realises he must go get her. Why?
>>
>>    ---Because he could.
>>
>>
>>        - I don't know what to make of the names. The -ian in
>>        Severian's name was sometimes used in Rome to indicate
>>        adoption. Otoh Valeria would simply be the name of a woman
>>        born to perhaps the most noble family in roman history, while
>>        at the same time one that generally stood for the rights of
>>        lower strata of society. So, the names seem to fit, but do
>>        they tell us anything new?
>>
>
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