In a message dated 1/15/2005 6:23:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
Marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
How do
you explain it acting like I'm a horse, or at the very least, responding to
me in a horse-like manner when I present it with horse-like
actions?
Here's how I Iook at it..... Consider yourself in a foreign country,
let's say Germany. You're trying your best to speak the native language,
you even have one of those little translator books or high tech hand held
computers that will give you translations. The locals, for the most part,
look at you with tolerance and try very hard to understand what you're
saying. Maybe 30% is actually understandable (if you're lucky). They
are indulgent and in some cases amused by your efforts to learn their language
(unless you're in France ;). BUT they know for sure that you are not a
German citizen, just someone trying to speak the language. More power to
you, but you will never be mistaken for a native.
That's sort of how I view horses when we *think* we're speaking
horse. We're still humans and the horse knows we're humans. But (if we're
lucky) a few "words"come across and the horse doesn't think we're complete
idiots.
