XPost: talk.politics.misc, soc.culture.usa, alt.politics   
   XPost: alt.culture   
   From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net   
      
   On Tue, 15 Oct 2024 01:15:41 -0400, "186282@ud0s4.net"   
   <186283@ud0s4.net> wrote:   
      
   >We've seen it all through history. Expert swordsmen HAVE to be   
   >defeated by other expert swordsmen. Expert gun-fighters HAVE   
   >to be defeated by a better gun-slinger. Brutes HAVE to be   
   >defeated by a stronger brute. Even in "Harry Potter", expert   
   >magicians HAVE to be defeated by stronger magic. In "Trading   
   >Places" money people HAD to be defeated using money methods.   
   >   
   >Or how about a knife in the back ??? A sniper ??? Hooker   
   >bearing poison ???   
   >   
   >Oh no ! NOT THAT !!!!!!   
   >   
   >How come ?   
   >   
   >A great movie scene I remember - the first "Indiana Jones"   
   >film ... the huge black-clad killer appears, puts on a big   
   >display with his sword ... so our hero just plugs him with   
   >a .45 - problem solved  :-)   
   >   
   >This idea that strong men, usually malevolent, HAVE to   
   >be defeated via their own strongest skill has hung on   
   >for what seems to be thousands of years. You see, might   
   >makes right, favor of The Gods, so .......   
      
   And for thousands of years the weak have resorted to witchcraft.   
      
      
   --   
   Steve Hayes from Tshwane, South Africa   
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