"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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On 2010\10\11 14:07, Brimstone wrote:

"Bruce" wrote in message
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Basil Jet wrote:

On 2010\10\11 12:37, Brimstone wrote:

Language, written and spoken, is the only subject taught in schools
[1]
which is used as a means of communicating information and ideas to
others. If one does not use a form of language understood by those
with
whom one is attempting to communicate then one's efforts are not
merely
in vain they could cause harm both to oneself and to others.

[1] For the sake of discussion I will accept that maths can also be
used
to communicate.

Physics can be used to communicate too - the Yanks certainly got their
message across in Hiroshima.


Surprisingly, the Americans *didn't* actually get their message across
in Hiroshima. Their "communication" had to be repeated at Nagasaki
before the message got across to the Japanese that they were beaten.

The idea that language is the only subject taught in schools that is
used as a means of communicating information and ideas to others is of
course nonsense. One of the most powerful means of communication is
through the visual arts. Drama is also a powerful means of
communication that can be partially or completely non-verbal.

Is drama any use when applying for an office or production line job?

Your dramatic skills are impressive... by merely wiggling your fingers
over a keyboard, you created the image of a moving goalpost.

I was merely developing the script. Oh sorry, that needs language again
doesn't it.

So can you provide another example of language not being needed to
communicate information and ideas?