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Re: Further Compromisation *PIC*

Posted By: Archer »–)› (40-143.tnt-1.allentown.supernet.com)
Date: 8/8/2001 at 4:20 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Further Compromisation (SiliconDream =PN=)

: Incidentally, by the only hard objective definition of
: "canon"--a body of works known to be written
: by the same author-

From Merriam-Webster:

"Main Entry: 1can·on
Pronunciation: 'ka-n&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Latin, ruler, rule, model, standard, from Greek kanOn
Date: before 12th century
1 a : a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council b : a provision of canon law
2 [Middle English, prob. from Old French, from Late Latin, from Latin, model] : the most solemn and unvarying part of the Mass including the consecration of the bread and wine
3 [Middle English, from Late Latin, from Latin, standard] a : an authoritative list of books accepted as Holy Scripture b : the authentic works of a writer c : a sanctioned or accepted group or body of related works
4 a : an accepted principle or rule b : a criterion or standard of judgment c : a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms
5 [Late Greek kanOn, from Greek, model] : a contrapuntal musical composition in two or more voice parts in which the melody is imitated exactly and completely by the successive voices though not always at the same pitch
synonym see LAW"

Definition 4 is what applies to us.

: -neither GURPS nor Myth III would
: qualify, as neither was directly written by the same
: guys who wrote the first games.

Ah, but every story is different. There are many irregularities between both stories, and equally between the manuals and between they and the games, making them completely different objectives of the same picture. Was Fang-Grinder really so enormous? No. That's an interpretation.

: Legal transfer of
: ownership doesn't enter into it.

It does by de fault. There is no secondary mention disproving that MJ has such rights; in fact, everything we have points them being so empowered.

: Of course, we all prefer to use a more subjective
: definition-

I do not; I often debate for the truth rather than my own oppinions.

:-that of "officiality"--which
: requires justification for our individual
: interpretations. I have my set of justifications and
: you have yours, and we've found that we have no reason
: so far to compromise.

I have found reason: it is in our interests to work cooperatively. I have in fact compromised, as you can clearly see. It's extraordinarily reasonable. Your utter lack of desire, your complete oppinionation bending your objective point of view, to compromise borders on fanatic.

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