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   From: DROPdraco.malfoy@countermail.comCAPITALLETTERS   
      
   On Wed, 15 Jun 2011 14:55:43 -0700 (PDT), Tom wrote:   
      
   > On Jun 15, 1:55 pm, Draco Malfoy   
   >  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> Ala Nicholas Flamel who really existed. He was a French alchemist who   
   >> allegedly succeeded in making the Philosopher¢s Stone in the late   
   >> 1300s.   
      
   > If a person really existed, does that mean anything alleged about them   
   > must be true?   
      
   Does a barking dog mean he ate lima beans? You're post makes about as   
   much sense as this one does.   
      
   >> According to historical documents and occult tradition,   
   >   
   > If historical documents really exist, does that mean what they say is   
   > true?   
      
   Does the barking lima bean dog die from gaseous attacks?   
      
   > I have the same question about occult traditions.  Of course it   
   > can be a lot harder to tell whether or not an occult tradition is real   
   > than it is to tell whether or not a document is real.   
      
   Depends entirely on the document and the tradition. Yoiu were much   
   better of asking insignificant questions than offering up   
   insignificant, sweeping platitudes.   
      
   >> Flamel and his Sorcerer's Stone are only two examples of how Rowling   
   >> mixes reality with fantasy in her series.   
   >   
   > And in "The Princess Bride", Inigo Montoya mentions during his sword   
   > fight with the Man In Black that he has studied Agrippa.  Agrippa was   
   > a real person who was also the author of some historical documents and   
   > the subject of occult traditions.  So, by mentioning his name, William   
   > Goldman also mixes reality with fantasy in his book.   
   >   
   > Which means...  what?   
      
   Go away.   
      
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