re Re: MDDM Washington & Gershom

[Paul Mackin]

Doug Millison wrote:

>
> P shows no such thing, Gershom can't possibly hold equal rank with George
> and Martha because he's their slave, their propertym the relationship is
> unequal by definition. However friendly or humane they might treat Gershom,
> a reader simply can't know that they consider him their equal;

One could not pick a pithier example of Dougian  style reasoning than the above.

Wonder how he would interpret the parable of the vinyard laborers (Matthew 20).

By definition the LAST can't possibly be FIRST and the FIRST can't possibly be
LAST.

No allowance  for authorial challenge to reader expectations in the Doug rule
book.

When it suits his puposes.

P.