a quote from Alan Wofle

[swang]

"Differences, in other words, never have a fixed status in and of themselves; there are no either/ors (nor are there no not either/ors)."

The triple negative form in parenthesis is so confusing. Can anybody re-write it in plain English for me please?

[New Forester]

I'm not sure he can really have understood it himself...

 

However, I think he's trying to say that there are no situations which are an "either/or", but there are also no situations which are not an "either/or".  Perhaps he means that the "either/or-ness" can never be determined?

 

I do not understand how this relates (if at all) to the "differences" phrase, nor indeed whether any of it means anything at all.  It's phrased in the worst kind of carelessly confusing language.

 

I do wonder why he ignored the obvious possiblility of there not being no neither/nors neither.  What an excellent chance for further confusion!