Re: Mr. Bird and other carnivores

john:
> And Rosta cusku di'e
> 
> > I think it is fair to say that when you see Paulie you have seen Mr
> > Carnivore.
> 
> If that were true, seeing *anything* would count as seeing Mr. ro bu'a,
> which is absurd. For if seeing Paulie counts as seeing Mr. Carnivore,
> since Mr. Carnivore includes Larry the polar bear, seeing Paulie
> would count as seeing Mr. Polar Bear.

I can't work out your reasoning in order to find the flaw.

Both Paulie and Larry are avatars of Mr Carnivore. Mr Polar Bear is
certainly a subkind of Mr Carnivore, but I would be inclined to say
that he isn't an avatar of Mr C, though all avatars of Mr PB are
avatars of Mr C. Anyway, while I accept that seeing Paulie and
Larry can count as seeing the same thing (viz Mr C), I don't accept
that it follows that seeing Paulie counts as seeing a polar bear
(or Mr PB).

--And.