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A torturer insists upon being told the truth, and has various means to ensure that he is being told the truth. These seem to me to be useful qualifications for a successful monarc…
01 Aug 2010, 06:21
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There are alternate and plausible explanations? .…
01 Aug 2010, 06:17
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Dan'l has his good days and his bad days. .…
01 Aug 2010, 06:09
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I was in fact wading in a swimming pool with only my head above water a few days ago. .…
01 Aug 2010, 01:13
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Not only are they all stupid, but they are all stupid in very similar ways. And, it is interesting, is Watkins himself suggesting that he, Wilson and Wynn may in fact be the same …
27 Jul 2010, 11:49
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All of the JW's are stupid. That doesn't necessarily mean a lot: many people here are stupid, at least once in a while - even I have been stupid upon occasion. .…
27 Jul 2010, 11:46
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Beats me! .…
27 Jul 2010, 03:26
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I doubt this, but I don't know. .…
27 Jul 2010, 02:48
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There's multiple people named JW on this list. Hmmm. Where's that rulebook? .…
27 Jul 2010, 00:46
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Why can't Rudesind? What's wrong with him? .…
27 Jul 2010, 00:45
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People never disguise themselves and lie, do they? .…
26 Jul 2010, 23:45
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How many Tongans are mormon? .…
26 Jul 2010, 23:01
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I've met lots and lots of mormons. .…
26 Jul 2010, 22:52
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Some people, their religion is just words. Some people believe their religions. Every mormon I've met believed theirs. Those who don't have the decency to leave the church, or i…
26 Jul 2010, 22:51
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Wilson, who doesn't know what I have in my pockets, writes: Why do you say this? Who has met Rudesind, besides Severian? .…
26 Jul 2010, 22:48
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The collapse of a black hole beyond the event horizon is a Big Bang inside. .…
26 Jul 2010, 21:14
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No one's stopping you. .…
26 Jul 2010, 20:44
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You're allowed to disagree. Doesn't change anhything. .…
26 Jul 2010, 20:43
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Only the parallel Worlds close to this one resemble this one. Let go of your penis. .…
26 Jul 2010, 17:01
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What is a false distinction, James Wynn? .…
26 Jul 2010, 17:00
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You don't understand it. You think this is all theoretical or something. You don't seem to actually believe any of it. .…
26 Jul 2010, 16:59
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The Mormons have knowledge. The problem is most people don't actually believe their religion. What is believe? .…
26 Jul 2010, 16:05
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Universe is all of the Worlds. .…
26 Jul 2010, 16:03
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Each black hole contains a World. It is not known if these are identical with the parallel Worlds. Probably. .…
26 Jul 2010, 16:03
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As I mentioned, it is controversial. I am well aware, thank you, of the history of the controversy. If you have any knowledge about this - you personally - I would be more than h…
24 Jul 2010, 17:42
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Because they built it that way. Perhaps I do not understand you. .…
24 Jul 2010, 17:31
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And if the story were set in Europe, that would be something to say. As all here should be aware, there is a longstanding controversy over the dates of Tiahuanaco or whatever they…
24 Jul 2010, 12:10
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I think that's Talos, Wilson. No matter, Talos is a manifestation of Baldander's will as much as the big guy himself. .…
22 Jul 2010, 05:38
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The members of the guild are not generally sadists. What gives you the impression that they are? They are professionals. Professionals don't by and large do these things for ent…
22 Jul 2010, 05:35
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Gene Wolfe's an engineer, Wilson's an engineer. I'm an engineer among other things. Who else here? .…
22 Jul 2010, 04:50
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As was George Henry Thomas. Graduates from West Point and Annapolis and presumably Colorado Springs take engineering degrees. I find I am not sure if they all do. Perhaps some do…
22 Jul 2010, 04:45
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Otto Skorzeny was an engineer. .…
22 Jul 2010, 04:09
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He's got a buttboy, Wilson. .…
22 Jul 2010, 03:58
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And so it goes, on Urth as on Earth. The World is a certain way. .…
22 Jul 2010, 03:57
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One man's fellatio is another man's facefuckery. .…
22 Jul 2010, 03:40
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It's real easy to suppress the nonconsensual aspects of such behavior if you are willing to beat the kids. I imagine the queer kids fucked each other, the hetros fucked the witch …
22 Jul 2010, 03:40
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Whatevar. .…
22 Jul 2010, 03:08
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Severian is an excellent judge of human nastiness. Every good corrections officer is. .…
22 Jul 2010, 00:48
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21 Jul 2010, 18:31
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21 Jul 2010, 18:31
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Very interesting. .…
21 Jul 2010, 18:31
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I think he might get close. But to be just, I just don't see it. .…
20 Jul 2010, 23:09
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Would an enlightened person be just? .…
20 Jul 2010, 22:42
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I could go that way if I was willing to do the kind of things that Baldanders is willing to do. It is helpful to him that he is gay. You could get your boyfriend to help you with…
20 Jul 2010, 18:36
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It's not actually that difficult. You need a bigger spleen and more efficient lungs. .…
20 Jul 2010, 18:34
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There is more than one way to look at it, as there normally (regularly?) are in fact when these things happen. .…
20 Jul 2010, 17:22
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Does Satan ever do anything without being commanded to by God? The servant of the Great King does the Great King's will. The will of the Great King is the will of the servant. T…
19 Jul 2010, 12:01
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What the hell otherwise is the point? .…
19 Jul 2010, 11:59
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Why not? This is the way things go in the real World. In India it is exprressed a different way: the third member of the Indian trinity is the Lord of Destruction. .…
18 Jul 2010, 22:37
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Putta you hand on a tool When you pull on a fool That's a ouanquing. .…
18 Jul 2010, 17:01
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