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Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> That's a bit like saying that everybody should have the same quality of
>> vision, and to do that, we make everybody blind so that now truly
>> everybody
>> will be equal in terms of vision. That's just silly.
>
> Wasn't it Harlan Ellison who did a short story about that? And it's
> turning into a film now, I think? I couldn't find the name of it, tho.
>
Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and weights
and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
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Stephen
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Stephen wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Warp wrote:
>>> That's a bit like saying that everybody should have the same
>>> quality of
>>> vision, and to do that, we make everybody blind so that now truly
>>> everybody
>>> will be equal in terms of vision. That's just silly.
>>
>> Wasn't it Harlan Ellison who did a short story about that? And it's
>> turning into a film now, I think? I couldn't find the name of it, tho.
>>
>
> Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and weights
> and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
That's the one I was thinking of, yes.
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
much longer being almost empty than almost full.
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On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:07:18 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>
>>> As somebody who actually lives in the UK, I think that church schools
>>> should be banned too.
>>
>> They still have those?! Man...
>>
>>
> Just name a religion, C o E, catholic, Jewish, Muslim…
Jedi? ;-)
Jim
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Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and
>> weights and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
>
> That's the one I was thinking of, yes.
>
Harrison Bergeron, Vonnegut.
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Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and
>>> weights and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
>> That's the one I was thinking of, yes.
>>
>
> Harrison Bergeron, Vonnegut.
Thank you!
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Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
Human nature dictates that toothpaste tubes spend
much longer being almost empty than almost full.
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:07:18 +0000, Stephen wrote:
>
>> Orchid XP v8 wrote:
>>> Stephen wrote:
>>>
>>>> As somebody who actually lives in the UK, I think that church schools
>>>> should be banned too.
>>> They still have those?! Man...
>>>
>>>
>> Just name a religion, C o E, catholic, Jewish, Muslim…
>
> Jedi? ;-)
>
Jedi Knights are mostly an underground religion in the UK except in my
birth town.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8003067.stm
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Stephen
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Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Darren New wrote:
>> Stephen wrote:
>>> Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and
>>> weights and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
>> That's the one I was thinking of, yes.
>>
>
> Harrison Bergeron, Vonnegut.
Well done that Pover. ;)
Phew! I almost got myself into trouble with that response.
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Stephen
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Darren New wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> Darren New wrote:
>>> Warp wrote:
>>>> That's a bit like saying that everybody should have the same
>>>> quality of
>>>> vision, and to do that, we make everybody blind so that now truly
>>>> everybody
>>>> will be equal in terms of vision. That's just silly.
>>>
>>> Wasn't it Harlan Ellison who did a short story about that? And it's
>>> turning into a film now, I think? I couldn't find the name of it, tho.
>>>
>>
>> Is that the story where dancers were weighed down by chains and
>> weights and the protagonist rebelled and danced for all he was worth?
>
> That's the one I was thinking of, yes.
>
A satire if you recall.
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Best Regards,
Stephen
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Invisible wrote:
> Yes, it would be nice if the world was perfect. But this isn't the right
> way to achieve that. Banning private schools would just make a lot of
> work for law-makers and law-enforcers without actually achieving anything.
Wait, hold it...hold it...
"Banning private schools would just make a lot of work for law-makers
and law-enforcers without actually achieving anything."
"would just make a lot of work for law-makers and law-enforcers without
actually achieving anything"
"work for law-makers and law-enforcers"
By Jove, I think you've struck the proverbial nail on the head!
TWO WORDS: JOB SECURITY.
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Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net
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On Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:56:55 +0000, Stephen wrote:
> Jedi Knights are mostly an underground religion in the UK except in my
> birth town.
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8003067.stm
Well, as far as anyone knows, after all, <hand wave> 'these aren't the
droids you're looking for' covers a multitude of sins. ;-)
Jim
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