On Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:13:47 -0700, "Private"
wrote:


"Jerry Wass" wrote in message
...
Robert Moore wrote:
"Private" wrote
ISTM we are experiencing a decline in respect for others that is
accompanying the 'dumbing down' and 'meaning' of society, which when
combined with intolerance and ignorance is making us all poorer in
life and spirit.

You are certainly correct about that.

Bob Moore

I like that too, I just wish you (or me) could think of a single word to
replace "meaning" without the 2nd connotation of "understanding/definition
of".


I also would like a better or at least less ambiguous word, and am open to
suggestions. I was (as I am confident you understood) wishing to use the
adjective usage to communicate-


rephrase it.

....accompanying the 'dumbing down' and the increasing meanness in
society,...

would be my suggestion.
Stealth Pilot