tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post5146872953974959480..comments2023-12-26T10:22:04.630-05:00Comments on Things of My Soul: Obedient, but UnfulfilledPapa Dhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06704974609266088416noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-20301561454908483982009-10-06T10:39:09.259-04:002009-10-06T10:39:09.259-04:00Or perhaps we could use the words of Bartleby the ...Or perhaps we could use the words of Bartleby the Scrivener: "I would prefer not to."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3199387660357003170.post-24163771722868355962009-10-06T01:29:19.006-04:002009-10-06T01:29:19.006-04:00I'm not sure that phrase quite fits with the i...I'm not sure that phrase quite fits with the idea you're advancing. A better translation is "I do not comply," which is significantly different, IMO, than "can't". "Can't" implies a desire to comply but being prevented to do so. The idea, however, was that colonial elites practiced noncompliance of certain edicts, more of a passive defiance. Of JThttp://juvenileinstructor.orgnoreply@blogger.com