Adam, Eve and the Apple

[MarkG]

fine then

[Solver]

Come on, the OTBOT has a better opinion about you than about anyone else .

[Dr Strangelove]

You miss the point man. There was never anything in The Apple, it was all in Adam's head. Think: what happened after he ate The Apple. Did he become all knowing and all wise? No, all he got was embarrased. Along comes God and he tries to cover up hiding. If he thought that he wasn't supposed to be wearing clothes why didn't he just take them off. Of course God noticed, then God realized what was happening. Adam had become paranoid. This part of the episode reminds me of a video I once saw on America's Funniest Home Videos. A little kid is shown standing in front of a smashed cake. His face and hands are covered in chocolate, yet when Mommie asks him if he ate the cake he continually answers "No". God's following pronouncements on Adam and Eve may be seen not so much as punishment, but as a prognosis. Having removed themselves from innocence they would experience the pain of living. They would no longer live in paradise.

[Q Classic]

A society that forgets will forget things like Hitler.

A society that forgives will forgive people like Bush.

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ZING!

[Dis]

never forget, and never forgive. that's my motto.

[Pekka]

q cubed, NO, WRONG! That's NOT how it goes, the idea of society that forgets.

That's like making the argument of 'what about pedophiles, do we forget so they can work with kids?'. NO. That's NOT the idea. Read about it. Read the link I gave you, learn about comprehensive privacy policies etc.

Those things have NOTHING to do with themselves.

And it's not about me and you forgetting about what has happened, or deny history.

Please, I thought you had more sense than that.

[Q Classic]

Oh, Pekka. You cannot believe I was being serious there?

[Pekka]

Yes I did because that's the most common argument. I said I thought you had more sense than that, which you of course do have. Phew. I was almost upset.

And I don't want 'finnish privacy laws'. I want common sense. I want anonymity as far as it is possible. I know that you get my IP, I know you get my messages and activities and store some of them. That's as far as I want it . I don't want any software patterning me. Hey, I believe you, you don't sell it to anyone. Still, this is unnecessary.

Besides, it doesn't matter that you won't sell it. Someone can always steal it. And to be perfectly honest, I don't know who runs this board. I know bunch of nicknames but that's it.

You can always say, don't be paranoid. Like I said, I'm not being paranoid here per se, but that I'd like to follow this standard at all times. It's like when they card you buying smokes even if you look 20. Because it's the policy, so no reason to get upset..