Likemystoppie? got a ban...
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The bard would have said "kill the mod" but Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet
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I assume an educated fellow such as yourself would not need the obvious reference. Sort of like a Physics major knowing Newton's laws without having to be given them to solve a problem.
Now let's lets stop the silly stuff and focus on the heart of the matter.
"If you went to buy a car with 1700 miles on it, owned by a friend... and then found out that it had more miles on it and was owned by a Dealership.... tell me me you would say all is good."
That is why I want detailed clarification on what happened, and not gloss it over based upon our emotions or loyalties.
No more, no less and a Sales Manager of the Dealership is held to a higher standard than his sales guys.
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Now let's lets stop the silly stuff and focus on the heart of the matter.
"If you went to buy a car with 1700 miles on it, owned by a friend... and then found out that it had more miles on it and was owned by a Dealership.... tell me me you would say all is good."
That is why I want detailed clarification on what happened, and not gloss it over based upon our emotions or loyalties.
No more, no less and a Sales Manager of the Dealership is held to a higher standard than his sales guys.
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Now if you had said something like "To ban or not to ban" -- that would have been an obvious reference to the Bard, or "The poster doth protest too much, methinks." But not seeing quotation marks around what appears to be a paraphrase or a modern translation (I take it that's not a literal quote as it hardly appears 16th century) I assumed it was yours, hence my reaction.
But pray tell, where can I find this obscure - I mean obvious - reference? But, yes, I digress. Let's focus on the heart of the matter.
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I'll give you points for looking up the dates of those plays, but you should have cited only one, as it is highly unlikely that the creative Bard would have used the exact same line in more than one play.
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In the interest of education, it should be pointed out that the line that comes closest to your post is the one found in Antony & Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II, Verse 97, where a messenger is speaking to Mark Antony:
MESSENGER: The nature of bad news infects the teller.
Now that, of course, rings true. But your "It is an immutable law that the messenger always gets beheaded." unfortunately does not. Why not? Because the messenger could be bearing good news.
But you get partial credit for believing that to be a quote from the Bard.
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Yes, back to the heart of the matter.....
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I hope your intentions are honorable because you seem to have an axe to grind with Chris. I personally would not really care if the car was his friends or was on consignment or was owned by the dealer principal or the dealership. There must be something behind your intensity to find the truth, even though it really is not that important.
Perhaps it would serve us all well to cut him a little slack.
Perhaps it would serve us all well to cut him a little slack.
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I'll give you points for looking up the dates of those plays, but you should have cited only one, as it is highly unlikely that the creative Bard would have used the exact same line in more than one play.
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In the interest of education, it should be pointed out that the line that comes closest to your post is the one found in Antony & Cleopatra, Act I, Scene II, Verse 97, where a messenger is speaking to Mark Antony:
MESSENGER: The nature of bad news infects the teller.
Now that, of course, rings true. But your "It is an immutable law that the messenger always gets beheaded." unfortunately does not. Why not? Because the messenger could be bearing good news.
But you get partial credit for believing that to be a quote from the Bard.
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Yes, back to the heart of the matter.....
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is this helpful? no, i think not, but I'm bored.
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"Alex, I'll take Notable Quotables for 800."
"What is . . . . . . . . . . . . Antigone by Sophocles?"
Go again, 30 seconds left in the round.
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Don't kill the messenger
"What is . . . . . . . . . . . . Antigone by Sophocles?"
Go again, 30 seconds left in the round.
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From the 4th Century to the 16th Century.... sounds pretty immutable to me.
Does that make "Willie" a plagiarist (twice). It was his wont, you know, to use the same reference in multiple plays.
Does that make "Willie" a plagiarist (twice). It was his wont, you know, to use the same reference in multiple plays.
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The "Banned for Life" title was an honorary title given to me by John D when I was a little outspoken about someone else's ban. It was meant in jest.
I haven't been banned for real although I sometimes think about intentionally doing it so that I can pursue other things in life!