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Kill one man...you are a murderer.


Kill thousands...you're a conqueror.


Kill everyone...you are a god.

~~~ Dexter Morgan ~~~
Dexter - Season 2 Episode 7






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Since Arising hasn't woken up yet, let me tell you why you're a gnu, weeb, or whatever. If you had ever read a book, you would know that that quote is very old and did not originate with Dexter.

Aaaaah, then you are a gnu!..

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IF you were a more astute reader you would realize that I did not state that the character Dexter was the originator of that quote...It's just that I quoted Dexter when he stated that quote in the context of the 2nd season 7th episode.


Um, initially this idea may sound crazy but try to think about this for a while, What if you actually commentated upon the theme of the thread instead of attempting to attack the original poster right off the rip?





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and then, what's of ethic in killing?
I would say



Save one man...you are a hero.


Save thousands...you're a saviour.


Save everyone...you are a God.

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There ya go! That's more like it!


Topic. Topic. Topic.



Only one small detail...you asked an appropriate question but you did not give your opinion with supportive commentary.

Other than that, good job!



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Wyman wrote:Since Arising hasn't woken up yet, let me tell you why you're a gnu, weeb, or whatever. If you had ever read a book, you would know that that quote is very old and did not originate with Dexter.

Yanks view everything from the perspective of TV or 'movies'. Ever noticed how when they are being interviewed after some newsworthy event (eg. 11/9), they will invariably say 'It was just like a movie' ? It doesn't occur to the morons that movies are trying to emulate the REAL world. They have it all backwards. Artificial people, with an artificial view of everything.

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Isn't television art?

Have you ever seen Dexter?

There are series that exist and even some series that are continuing now that are an epiphany of the state of modern art today.


They are high art and good art.





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Wyman wrote:Since Arising hasn't woken up yet, let me tell you why you're a gnu, weeb, or whatever. If you had ever read a book, you would know that that quote is very old and did not originate with Dexter.

Another good example of a gnu in action.

Bill Wiltrack wrote:.Kill one man...you are a murderer.

Nope, as killing is not necessarily murder.

Kill thousands...you're a conqueror.

Or a politician who voted for the Iraqi sanctions.

Kill everyone...you are a god.

There is no 'God' but if there was 'it'd' be a pretty stupid one to do this as who would believe in 'it' then?

~~~ Dexter Morgan ~~~
Dexter - Season 2 Episode 7

TV? Please!

FYFUCKINGI

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.
Jean Rostand, Thoughts of a Biologist (1939)
(1894 - 1977)

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Television; good television is art.

Employing many professional artists - including writers.

You responded to what I posted. That is good.


Thank you for adding your philosophical wisdom.



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vegetariantaxidermy wrote:

Wyman wrote:Since Arising hasn't woken up yet, let me tell you why you're a gnu, weeb, or whatever. If you had ever read a book, you would know that that quote is very old and did not originate with Dexter.

Yanks view everything from the perspective of TV or 'movies'. Ever noticed how when they are being interviewed after some newsworthy event (eg. 11/9), they will invariably say 'It was just like a movie' ? It doesn't occur to the morons that movies are trying to emulate the REAL world. They have it all backwards. Artificial people, with an artificial view of everything.

monomania
noun mono·ma·nia \ˌmä-nə-ˈmā-nē-ə, -nyə\
Definition of MONOMANIA

1
: mental illness especially when limited in expression to one idea or area of thought
2
: excessive concentration on a single object or idea

Gilbert Chesterton(from The Maniac):

(S)he is in the clean and well-lit prison of one idea: he is sharpened to one painful point. He is without healthy hesitation and healthy complexity.

Just shows how stupid it is for anyone to think they 'know' someone on here.

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Whether it is here upon this forum or any and all other forums upon the internet or even in real life, we only know others from whatever they choose to show us and even then, only from that what we wish to see of that.

I'm not sure I would label it stupid as much as I would tend to call it human nature.



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