----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Paatsch" <bpaatsch at bigpond.net.au> Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 1:59 AM [communication is contextually framed and understood] > Perhaps that is as clear as mud. Nope, standard semiotic theory. (My THEORY AND ITS DISCONTENTS goes into this in some detail, FWIW.) Damien Broderick