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Major Tom
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| bring a big knife |
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Michael
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| maybe if we can get everyone to memorise the complete (unabridged) works of William Shakespeare... |
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Major Tom
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:29 am Post subject: |
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| dibs on the page numbers |
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Uncle Taylorbell
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| Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2006 2:30 am Post subject: |
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| big tattoos? |
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Amilam
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Stage actors.
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Krazy Stixx
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The collected works, of course.
While saving a human might be a cool idea, taking the last copy of Shakespeare's works would be better in the long run. Because I could claim them as my own works, and then make loads and loads of cash and be thought of as a talented writer.
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Some Guy!
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| cletusowns wrote: | | I'd go so far as to say i'd personally burn the last copy of Shakespeare and throw the ashes into the Grand Canyon if it meant someone's life. |
Even Hitler's?
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John Mytton
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| Some Guy! wrote: | | cletusowns wrote: | | I'd go so far as to say i'd personally burn the last copy of Shakespeare and throw the ashes into the Grand Canyon if it meant someone's life. |
Even Hitler's? |
He was able to conquer most of Europe. |
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Spanky
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| Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:25 am Post subject: |
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| In the end, it doesn't really matter either way. I'd just flip a coin. That's right, I'm being fatalistic. And it's refreshing. |
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Amilam
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If you were being fatalistic it wouldn't make much sense to flip a coin.
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Thy Brilliance
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Spanky
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| Amilam wrote: | | If you were being fatalistic it wouldn't make much sense to flip a coin. |
It makes sense. Guaranteed to land on either heads or tails, yeah? |
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sporko
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collected works...they'd be lots lighter than a person, and i'm a wuss.
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Amilam
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| Spanky wrote: | | Amilam wrote: | | If you were being fatalistic it wouldn't make much sense to flip a coin. |
It makes sense. Guaranteed to land on either heads or tails, yeah? |
Again, that's not fatalism, the fact that you use the word "or" shows you're not grasping the concept.
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Snorri
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| crossbow wrote: | the value of a human versus the value of a written work created by a human? seems to me that a person would be better, since they have the ability to create something even more moving and influential than shakespear, where as books will stay just books.
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But the person would also have the ability to do teribble deeds and kill hundreds of people, while the book would stay a book.
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