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Tinman · 02-12-2002, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tronvillain:
I don't want hints, I want you to explain what you intend this parable to show.

Let me guess, you want it easy; generation X?

Tin Man

Queen of Swords · 02-12-2002, 04:21 PM

I would also like to hear what this parable is supposed to mean. Yes, that makes it easy. Do you enjoy making things difficult?

GunnerJ · 02-12-2002, 07:09 PM

I'll bet this guy's a mystic, and he wants it to be all vague, thus making himslef look more pretensio... I mean, important. "Oh, you young wippasnappahs want everything easy!"

tronvillain · 02-12-2002, 07:31 PM

Tinman:

Quote:

Let me guess, you want it easy; generation X?

Yes, but that has nothing to do with this. Either you can explain the point of your "parable" or you can't.

elwoodblues · 02-12-2002, 07:34 PM

A vague, imprecise arguement, analogy, or metaphor only points to someone whose afraid to talk about their theory. I read that damned thing three times, and I see no damned point made. A couple that COULD be made, but they're mutually exclusive and all rather weird. Give it over, Tinman, and tell us wtf you're talking about.

NialScorva · 02-12-2002, 07:58 PM

I have to agree with everyone else, I don't see what you're trying to show. You present a hypothetical, and I can see about 4 different, but *very* weak, points you could be making, 3 of which are orthoginal.

Arrowman · 02-12-2002, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tinman:
Let me guess, you want it easy; generation X?
Tin Man

No, actually - mid 40s baby boomer with a tertiary degree and an IQ in the Mensa range. Since you ask.

Perhaps the problem is yours....

What elwoodblues and rimstalker said.

Are you a postmodernist "scholar" by any chance?

(edited because I may be a genius but I can't type)

[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: Arrowman ]

Triple Six · 02-12-2002, 09:22 PM

This makes no sense at all. Perhaps Tinman and Amos should get together.

Ted Hoffman · 02-12-2002, 09:40 PM

Yeah, Tinman and Amos would make very nice bedfellows. Two mythmakers. Ha!

Imagine a world where men are made of Tin and the tins make vague statements that are unrealistic and then they sit back like tins in a box and watch with glee as other tins strive to make sense out of their meaningless drivel.

In high school, I used to pass around a blank piece of paper and challenge people to read what I had written on the paper using water. You should have seen them straining their eyes. "Just relax, look slowly and you will notice the words", I'd urge them. And they took deep breaths, composed themselves and tried again. Then they'd ask me "what is written �n the paper?"

And you know what I told them?

[ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: jaliet ]

MortalWombat · 02-13-2002, 05:32 AM

Imagine a world very much like our own, except there are people there who talk out of their asses. Oh wait a minute, I don't have to imagine.

02-12-2002, 09:40 PM	#19
Ted Hoffman Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: "" Posts: 3,863	Yeah, Tinman and Amos would make very nice bedfellows. Two mythmakers. Ha! Imagine a world where men are made of Tin and the tins make vague statements that are unrealistic and then they sit back like tins in a box and watch with glee as other tins strive to make sense out of their meaningless drivel. In high school, I used to pass around a blank piece of paper and challenge people to read what I had written on the paper using water. You should have seen them straining their eyes. "Just relax, look slowly and you will notice the words", I'd urge them. And they took deep breaths, composed themselves and tried again. Then they'd ask me "what is written �n the paper?" And you know what I told them? [ February 12, 2002: Message edited by: jaliet ]</p>

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02-12-2002, 04:21 PM	#12
Queen of Swords Contributor Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Canada. Finally. Posts: 10,155	I would also like to hear what this parable is supposed to mean. Yes, that makes it easy. Do you enjoy making things difficult?

02-12-2002, 07:09 PM	#13
GunnerJ Banned Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: a place where i can list whatever location i want Posts: 4,871	I'll bet this guy's a mystic, and he wants it to be all vague, thus making himslef look more pretensio... I mean, important. "Oh, you young wippasnappahs want everything easy!"

02-12-2002, 07:34 PM	#15
elwoodblues Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Dunmanifestin, Discworld Posts: 4,836	A vague, imprecise arguement, analogy, or metaphor only points to someone whose afraid to talk about their theory. I read that damned thing three times, and I see no damned point made. A couple that COULD be made, but they're mutually exclusive and all rather weird. Give it over, Tinman, and tell us wtf you're talking about.

02-12-2002, 07:58 PM	#16
NialScorva Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Median strip of DC beltway Posts: 1,888	I have to agree with everyone else, I don't see what you're trying to show. You present a hypothetical, and I can see about 4 different, but very weak, points you could be making, 3 of which are orthoginal.

02-12-2002, 09:22 PM	#18
Triple Six Veteran Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: formerly Lae, Papua New Guinea Posts: 1,867	This makes no sense at all. Perhaps Tinman and Amos should get together.

02-13-2002, 05:32 AM	#20
MortalWombat Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: St Louis area Posts: 3,458	Imagine a world very much like our own, except there are people there who talk out of their asses. Oh wait a minute, I don't have to imagine.

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