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comments →  [–]torkarl 0 points1 point ago   (singing) i've got
truth like a table, i've got truth like a table...  a table is
much more interesting than truth to fight over - after all you
put food on a table and people really can and should fight about
(and with) food.  so putting truth to the side, let's take the
word table under consideration and ask how we know something is
a table. is it a table when someone eats off it (or a counter)?
is it a table if it is flat on top (or a tree stump)? is it a
table if it has four legs (or a chair)? what makes a table
properly represented by the word table? i think you will agree
that in the end, a table is what we all agree to call a table.
in effect, we all vote on what piece of furniture we are willing
to speak about with the word table. thus, the tables are indeed
a democracy, exactly the opposite of what this thread maintains
truth is, vis a vis democracy.  but there are so many other
strands open