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Old 07-25-2009, 07:38 PM   #241
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Re: Is It Missing In Everybody's Aikido?

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Shaun Ravens wrote: View Post
To me this quote sounds like it comes from someone who just wasn't happy that they weren't in on the joke...
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I should have mentioned the name of the book so that you could be in on the joke yourself It's from the introduction to "The Doubter's Companion" by John Ralston Saul. His point was that when specialists and authorities (often self-proclaimed or appointed by one another) claim to own the definitions of terms, they control the dialogue despite the fact that they do not own the truth.
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