How much of a fake IS the green man?

Jeff Wilson · 17 Jan 2011, 17:50 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: jwilson at io.com (Jeff Wilson)
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 11:50:23 -0600
Subject: (urth) How much of a fake IS the green man?
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On 1/17/2011 10:39 AM, Dan'l Danehy-Oakes wrote:
> Jerry Friedman wrote:
>
>> Do we know that the green people or their creators share the Author's views
>> of respect toward the Creator?
>
> Do we even know that there are "green people?" We only see one, and
> have to take the word of a self-confessed liar that he is one of a
> race of green people.

No only his word; the tea seller at Saltus Fair says, "'They caught a 
green man, do you know that? Got him right over there where you see the 
tent. Green men know everything, people say, if you can but make them 
talk.'"

Of course, this could be merely hearsay circulated by the exhibitor for 
the occasion. :)

-- 
Jeff Wilson - jwilson at io.com
Computational Intelligence Laboratory - Texas A&M Texarkana
< http://www.tamut.edu/CIL >

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