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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes:
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> Larry Pieniazek wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Neal writes:
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> > > James Brown wrote:
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> > > > You don't know that I'm mortal, you only have precedent to work with.
James Brown for Precedent! Al Gore for Vice-Precedent (cuz after all he
invented the internet)!
> > > I wonder....would an immortal end a sentence with a preposition?
> >
> > Quite. That, quoting Churchill, is something "up with which I will not
put"...
Hee, I'd forgotten about that gem! :D
> > > > I
> > > > certainly intend to live forever. :)
That, indeed, would be a precedent.
> > Saw Bicentennial Man today, it made me cry. A lot. Here's a question for • you:
> >
> > Would you give up practical immortality in order to be officially • recognised as
> > "human", given that you already were, for all intents and purposes?
For all incense and purpleses? On this broken earth, I wouldn't call it
"practical" immortality anyway ;-) But to answer your Q, yes. I would imagine
that even fallen angels pray for such chances.
> Por moi?
No thanks, I just ate. Plus, I'll only consume that French stuff with wine.
> I will reserve judgment on Bi-man until I see it tomorrow or Thurs, but
> my initial reaction from trailers is that this whole topic was dealt with • quite
> elegantly in ST:TNG with the character of Data. The author of Ecclesiastes • was
> certainly correct when he said, "There is nothing new under the Sun".
You tryinta egg on someboddah with that there bible-talk boy? ;-) Actually,
it was handled prior to ST:TNG in a little story called "Pinocchio".
> I don't quite understand your question, but I can see the Christ inferences
> forming already.... BTW, did everyone catch all of the Christology in
"Matrix"?
Catch it? I had to use my Jujyfruits box to scrape it off my shoes as I left
the theatre..
-Tom McD.
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