NetNews Usenet Archive 1993 #3/NN_1993_3.iso/spool/bit/listserv/fnordl/1625

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Which, of course, means that AM's post was an allegorical commentary
on the lack of in-depth discussion which had filtered through the
fnord-colored shades as of late.  This is important, as allegories
are far from a new way of thinking, and it suggests that LIBALP may
have momentarily confused his lissome self with one of the reoccurring
bit players in FNORDland, instead of the lodestone he is.  However,
it also suggests the somewhat classical/modern notion that a new way
of thinking may be spurred (excuse me, did someone mention Lyotard
around here?) on, born out of, an old idea, or, rather, that the process
of manufacturing a new idea might be a very old process, and likely
the new in this sense would be more akin to "New and Improved" than
it would be to "Newfangled".

Or maybe a New Idea isn't something that can be manufactured, and maybe
it's not recognizable to those who have toiled forever in old ideas,
including this one, and maybe it's not much of an idea at all, as the
idea of "idea" is pretty old, unless one keeps to a strict etymology,
in which case we should define our terms.  Yup, that's it, I'd say.
Nutshelled.

Just sign me,
"The Butterfly Tends to Think of the Caterpillar As Snackfood"