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WCDT 4116-4120 (14th to 18th Dec, 2020)
shanejayell:
Hey, Marten! Been awhile.
Penquin47:
--- Quote from: N.N. Marf on 16 Dec 2020, 11:59 ---Oriented Strand Board?
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--- Quote ---If this 'eye for an eye' view extends to reality, then we are simply different people.
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An 'eye for an eye' can mean different things, in this instance I don't believe Faye has fully realised the consequences of her actions and still acts, and gets away with, being 'snarky' because its her 'thing' whereas in reality its still just being mean albiet at a lesser level than before
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I see, often, a misconception about `eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth,' as though it were about retaliation---that the dis-toothed has a right to dis-tooth his dis-toother. Really, restitution's the thing: Poked out my eye? Replace it! There is, of course, more to restitution than merely replacing things into proper places---all bad consequences must be covered. (Sometimes, figuring out the sufficient restitution might be difficult, and some things might not be restorable.)
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That's... not a misconception? That is the literal meaning of the law of Hammurabi from which the phrase comes.
Law 196: "If a man destroy the eye of another man, they shall destroy his eye. If one break a man's bone, they shall break his bone." (And of course because classism has been with us as long as differentiated classes have, if it was a lower-class freeman or a slave, you just paid a fine...)
DaiJB:
...Then the guy in the library (Marty? Marvin? Marshall? Whatever...) comes back with a trolley loaded with everything from "Robot Maintenance for Dummies" to "The AI Kama Sutra"...
awkwardness:
...damnit, I have the Reading Rainbow theme song stuck in my head now. It took me a week to get it out last time I heard it!
BlueFatima:
Oh, look—it’s whatshisnface! Or maybe just a random library dude who looks like him?
J/K - “Long time no see you, Marten!“
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