[story] ATCv2#7

Red Dragon wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-24, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.RemoveThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>> wife, the mane of her uncombed hair adding a quality of wildness
>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>> determination on her face, that would have inspired fear in the
>>>>>>>> hearts
>>>>>>>> of the boldest of men.
>>>>>>>> The smith involuntarily stepped back, but she took a step
>>>>>>>> forwards, pushed the sword into the perplexed smith's hand and in a
>>>>>>>> matter-of-fact tone added 'That blade needs sharpening.' Without
>>>>>>>> waiting
>>>>>>>> for an answer she turned and marched off. For a moment the smith
>>>>>>>> stared
>>>>>>>> after her, almost expecting her to vanish into thin air.
>>>>>>> I am not sure if staring 'after' someone is allowed in English
>>>>>>> Sounds like 'looking after', only different.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>> I'm not 100% sure what an English teacher would say, but 'stared
>>>>>> after' is a fairly natural phrase and commonly used in a way such
>>>>>> as this.
>>>>> In the land of the blind, the one eyed is queen!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thomas
>>>> Darn straight. The one-eyed can tell the blind about all the
>>>> horrible things the blind can't see, and thus need the protection of
>>>> the only one that can see. Excellent racket.
>>> I always wanted to be protected by a dragon. But how can we be sure
>>> you are red?
>>
>> Digital photography, colour analysis and a braille display obviously.
>
> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
> with blind obedience. Very blind.

IT'S GOING TO EAT US! IT'S GOING TO EAT US!

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On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.TakeThisOut@lurkerson.net> wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-24, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>> wife, the mane of her uncombed hair adding a quality of wildness to
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> determination on her face, that would have inspired fear in the hearts
>>>>>>>> of the boldest of men.
>>>>>>>> The smith involuntarily stepped back, but she took a step
>>>>>>>> forwards, pushed the sword into the perplexed smith's hand and in a
>>>>>>>> matter-of-fact tone added 'That blade needs sharpening.' Without
>>>>>>>> waiting
>>>>>>>> for an answer she turned and marched off. For a moment the smith
>>>>>>>> stared
>>>>>>>> after her, almost expecting her to vanish into thin air.
>>>>>>> I am not sure if staring 'after' someone is allowed in English
>>>>>>> Sounds like 'looking after', only different.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>> I'm not 100% sure what an English teacher would say, but 'stared
>>>>>> after' is a fairly natural phrase and commonly used in a way such as
>>>>>> this.
>>>>> In the land of the blind, the one eyed is queen!
>>>>>
>>>>> Thomas
>>>> Darn straight. The one-eyed can tell the blind about all the horrible
>>>> things the blind can't see, and thus need the protection of the only one
>>>> that can see. Excellent racket.
>>> I always wanted to be protected by a dragon. But how can we be sure you
>>> are red?
>>
>> Digital photography, colour analysis and a braille display obviously.
>
> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
> with blind obedience. Very blind.

Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
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On 2008-01-25, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> Red Dragon wrote:
>> emmel wrote:
>>> On 2008-01-24, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>>>>>> Thomas J. Boschloo wrote:
>>>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>>>> wife, the mane of her uncombed hair adding a quality of wildness
>>>>>>>>> to the
>>>>>>>>> determination on her face, that would have inspired fear in the
>>>>>>>>> hearts
>>>>>>>>> of the boldest of men.
>>>>>>>>> The smith involuntarily stepped back, but she took a step
>>>>>>>>> forwards, pushed the sword into the perplexed smith's hand and in a
>>>>>>>>> matter-of-fact tone added 'That blade needs sharpening.' Without
>>>>>>>>> waiting
>>>>>>>>> for an answer she turned and marched off. For a moment the smith
>>>>>>>>> stared
>>>>>>>>> after her, almost expecting her to vanish into thin air.
>>>>>>>> I am not sure if staring 'after' someone is allowed in English
>>>>>>>> Sounds like 'looking after', only different.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>>>> I'm not 100% sure what an English teacher would say, but 'stared
>>>>>>> after' is a fairly natural phrase and commonly used in a way such
>>>>>>> as this.
>>>>>> In the land of the blind, the one eyed is queen!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thomas
>>>>> Darn straight. The one-eyed can tell the blind about all the
>>>>> horrible things the blind can't see, and thus need the protection of
>>>>> the only one that can see. Excellent racket.
>>>> I always wanted to be protected by a dragon. But how can we be sure
>>>> you are red?
>>>
>>> Digital photography, colour analysis and a braille display obviously.
>>
>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>
> IT'S GOING TO EAT US! IT'S GOING TO EAT US!

It can *try*. A dragon with digestion problems might be quite
ionteresting to watch, actually. From a safe distance. And somewhere
fiore proof.
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emmel wrote:
> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.DeleteThis@lurkerson.net> wrote:
[snip]
>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>
> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.

I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!

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On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.RemoveThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.RemoveThis@lurkerson.net> wrote:
> [snip]
>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>
>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>
> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!

Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
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emmel wrote:
> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam RemoveThis @hccnet.nl> wrote:
>> emmel wrote:
>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker RemoveThis @lurkerson.net> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>
> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.

Aw. But what if I was planning on getting mental? Nobody ever lets me
have any fun. Or slaves.

I guess it's back to the norns. They'll do what I say...

Oh, who am I kidding?!
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emmel wrote:
> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam RemoveThis @hccnet.nl> wrote:
>> emmel wrote:
>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker RemoveThis @lurkerson.net> wrote:
>> [snip]
>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>
> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.

It is not bad if you can really trust that person.
And it will speed things up if you do thrust him (or her) blindly!

It is like: "Ok, this is a bit weird, but let's do this and get it over
with!"

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Red Dragon wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam DeleteThis @hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker DeleteThis @lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works
>>>>> better with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>
>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
>> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
>> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
>
> Aw. But what if I was planning on getting mental? Nobody ever lets me
> have any fun. Or slaves.
>
> I guess it's back to the norns. They'll do what I say...
>
> Oh, who am I kidding?!

::buys Red Dragon an ant farm::

Now if only they could learn to think of you as their queen..

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On 2008-01-29, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.TakeThisOut@lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>
>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
>> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
>> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
>
> It is not bad if you can really trust that person.
> And it will speed things up if you do thrust him (or her) blindly!
>
> It is like: "Ok, this is a bit weird, but let's do this and get it over
> with!"

There is a time for thinking, there is a time for trusting someone you
know really well to have done the thinking, there is never a time to
blindly follow orders from some idiot who just happens to be upstream in
the sommand chain. YMMV
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On 2008-01-29, Red Dragon <agclurker.TakeThisOut@lurkerson.net> wrote:
> emmel wrote:
>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.TakeThisOut@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.TakeThisOut@lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>> [snip]
>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>
>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
>> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
>> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
>
> Aw. But what if I was planning on getting mental? Nobody ever lets me
> have any fun. Or slaves.

Oh, come on. Of course I let you have fun. I just don't let you have fun
with weapons of mass destruction. *That* is reserved for me.

> I guess it's back to the norns. They'll do what I say...

Right...

> Oh, who am I kidding?!

Yourself?
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On 2008-01-29, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.DeleteThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
> Red Dragon wrote:
>> emmel wrote:
>>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.DeleteThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.DeleteThis@lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works
>>>>>> better with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>>
>>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
>>> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
>>> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
>>
>> Aw. But what if I was planning on getting mental? Nobody ever lets me
>> have any fun. Or slaves.
>>
>> I guess it's back to the norns. They'll do what I say...
>>
>> Oh, who am I kidding?!
>
>::buys Red Dragon an ant farm::
>
> Now if only they could learn to think of you as their queen..

As if an ant queen had such a great life...
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emmel wrote:
> On 2008-01-29, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.RemoveThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>> Red Dragon wrote:
>>> emmel wrote:
>>>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam.RemoveThis@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker.RemoveThis@lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination
>>>>>>> works better with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one
>>>>>> of the mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no
>>>>>> fun.
>>>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad.
>>>> Too easy for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not
>>>> to mention that few people are capable of thinking things
>>>> through in deepth.
>>> Aw. But what if I was planning on getting mental? Nobody ever
>>> lets me have any fun. Or slaves.
>>>
>>> I guess it's back to the norns. They'll do what I say...
>>>
>>> Oh, who am I kidding?!
>> ::buys Red Dragon an ant farm::
>>
>> Now if only they could learn to think of you as their queen..
>
> As if an ant queen had such a great life...

Yeah. The ants might expect me to sit around in their tunnels and pop
babies out all day. ::shudders::
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emmel wrote:
> On 2008-01-29, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam DeleteThis @hccnet.nl> wrote:
>> emmel wrote:
>>> On 2008-01-28, Thomas J. Boschloo <nospam DeleteThis @hccnet.nl> wrote:
>>>> emmel wrote:
>>>>> On 2008-01-25, Red Dragon <agclurker DeleteThis @lurkerson.net> wrote:
>>>> [snip]
>>>>>> Or the lot of you could take my word for it. Domination works better
>>>>>> with blind obedience. Very blind.
>>>>> Nah, blind obedience contradicts standing order number one of the
>>>>> mu-lam'bda military. Can't do that. Besides, it's no fun.
>>>> I *like* blind obedience. I just don't like being blind!
>>> Nah, people foolowing orders without questioning them is bad. Too easy
>>> for someone to get mental and abuse the system - not to mention that few
>>> people are capable of thinking things through in deepth.
>> It is not bad if you can really trust that person.
>> And it will speed things up if you do thrust him (or her) blindly!
>>
>> It is like: "Ok, this is a bit weird, but let's do this and get it over
>> with!"
>
> There is a time for thinking, there is a time for trusting someone you
> know really well to have done the thinking, there is never a time to
> blindly follow orders from some idiot who just happens to be upstream in
> the sommand chain. YMMV

Sometimes there is no time for thinking. Only for acting quickly as a
well oiled piece of machinery. It is killed or being killed. Which
brings me to the point of a trusting a *Hungry* 'Red?' Dragon!!

It is not the obedience I have a problem with, but the emphasis on it
being _blind_. How do we know we're not walking right into her throat?

OTOH, her intentions might be good and she might protect us. Imagine
being protected by a dragon! That is the stuff of fantasy motion
pictures! Then *WE* will be the ones doing the eating!! ::hahahahahA::

Thomas
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