Re: Morning City by Jack Diamond	ecargo 167.219.88.140	10-Apr-06/7:23 AM
Pretty good--a little staccato in the beginning. Good details though.
Re: Buried by Enkidu	ecargo 167.219.88.140	10-Apr-06/7:18 AM
You don't set this up enough--it needs more context and story. Second verse is better than the first.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/7:09 AM
No, you can't disprove the God theory for anything. By that line of thinking, every reason for everything is challengeable (ie, you can rule out that wind knocked over the tree, that a bulldozer did, that poor soil quality did) except the reason "Because God did it." Why is that? Because you've defined God as "Unchallengeable Reason for Things". What's more, it's not impossible to prove that a specific butterfly flapping its wings caused the wind. It's beyond our means to study right now, but each step in the process from butterfly to tree is very small and very basic. That's why the universe works. There is no process that means "butterfly flaps wings and knocks over tree", there are only the tiny, tiny processes of atoms bouncing off each other and so forth. Do not misunderstand: Someday it will definitely be proveable. But all this is beside the point, because what I was really saying is you guys make a lot of silly jibes about me and can't understand what my position as an atheist really involves, choosing instead to talk about how I don't believe in reasons for things, while I can understand your positions just fine. And... well... it hurts, guys...
Re: The copper man and Labrador by Caducus	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/7:07 AM
okay someone else do it i cant.
Re: The copper man and Labrador by Caducus	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/7:07 AM
How dare the barrister be knocked off top spot i self vote a zero.
Re: a comment on The Day After Next by cyan9	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/7:04 AM
To name drop would bore the sh1t outta me with all the hassle it would cause.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/6:59 AM
As far as I can understand, you're pretty much saying God's beyond our comprehension because he somehow made all the matter in the universe from nothing. How is that beyond our comprehension? I can comprehend nothing (at least in small amounts) and then I can comprehend a lot of universe. So God made that happen. I just comprehended it. If that's not what you're talking about, I've no idea where you're at. Sorry.
Re: a comment on Semaphores from the Chaos by cyan9	zodiac 209.193.9.3	10-Apr-06/6:56 AM
I only said one word.
Re: a comment on The Day After Next by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	10-Apr-06/4:16 AM
Cheers for that old boy. As for the quick reader sick feeder bunch, start name dropping
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	cyan9 217.40.63.105	10-Apr-06/4:14 AM
True
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/3:04 AM
I know what you're saying and I'm perfectly fine with it. You're saying you'd rather say some force that we don't know about started everything than say it was a being. What I'm saying is that "I don't know" is the only correct way to respond and that the answers shown above are just as likely at this point. So it's anyone's guess. If a tree falls over then you could say the wind blew it over or God had a hand in it. You can disprove the wind theory but even if you prove the wind theory then you still haven't ruled out God having a hand in it. You could say the flap of one specific butterfly wing caused the chain of events which resulted in the wind that blew over the tree. Can you prove it? No. Is it wrong because you can't prove it? No. Is it easier to just stick with what you already know? Sure, but we'd still be like the middle ages if did that. Just don't assume things don't exist because at this point it seems unlikely. Some of the best scientific discoveries seemed unlikely at the time.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	ALChemy 24.74.100.11	10-Apr-06/2:23 AM
Please refer to your whatchamacallits in your begining of the universe theory for your convincing. Believing that God exists has never complicated things for me. Maybe my idea of God is more flexible than the one Occam was talking about. He did live in the middle ages after all.
Re: a comment on Semaphores from the Chaos by cyan9	cyan9 217.40.63.105	10-Apr-06/2:22 AM
I go for a short break, and when I come back I find that you are as pedantic as ever
Re: Morning City by Jack Diamond	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/1:32 AM
Reminds me of an early 'intransit' style poetry yet the confidence in your writing shows and its very stylistic. Like your bebut (well for me anyway)
Re: Maybe I Wasn’t Born on a Fool’s Day by Dovina	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/1:30 AM
No fool then lol. Fun read score -
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/1:25 AM
Cool, I love history too and those pesky redcoats were party poopers.
Re: a comment on The Day After Next by cyan9	Caducus 86.141.200.191	10-Apr-06/1:22 AM
Making a transition from poetic verse to narrative is very difficult to do. My point is that it reads like a draft - a good one nonetheless but not one that I would deem good enough against the competition of published authors if thats your plan. I think the main problem is lines such as : this process began awakening limbs and organs that had never wanted to feel this pain again You must be able to describe something without the comfort and cosseting of commas, so try and do the image in one without having to drag it out as it shows a lack of confidence, a lack of skill and ability to show what it is you are saying without actually saying it and patronizing the readers intellect. I'll be honest I cannot do it so work with the best i can within my ability. I can hone and improve my talents but the finished article is a reference to ones self of being totally aware that the final print is the representation of the peak of ones ability. Its a good piece of writing but do not be constricted by deadlines or by a personal time scope you have set. Let the piece manifest from advice given and personal inspiration and then let it loose. Examples are hard to give as you hold the pen and the thought processes - not me or anyone else. Its got a lot of potential so dont get shot down by quick reader sick feeder bunch (whoever they may be). G'luck
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.201	9-Apr-06/11:33 PM
Sorry, this is in poor taste, but kind of funny: http://content.todayscartoons.uclick.com/?feature=84d4daced92aa29208947f2d93d7b4fb
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.201	9-Apr-06/8:58 PM
Believing in what usually happens has nothing to do with it. Believing that I don't believe in what usually happens, that I think things happen without "reasons", or the million other things you've suggested about me has everything to do with it.
Re: a comment on The Battle of Fort Bragg by Dovina	zodiac 209.193.18.201	9-Apr-06/8:56 PM
Convince me that God is beyond comprehension.