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|    Remus Shepherd to mumble    |
|    Re: Definition of 'published'    |
|    12 Jun 14 18:38:19    |
   
   From: remus@panix.com   
      
   mumble wrote:   
   > > As a counter example, I'm solidly in Fame 4 and I don't think I could get   
   > > a Kickstarter off the ground because I'm an irascible asshole.   
      
   > Being an irascible asshole is not certain death.   
      
   > It's been a long time since I read Heinlein, but wasn't Lazarus Long an   
   > irascible asshole? Weren't a fair number of Heinlein's characters   
   > qualified as irascible assholes?   
      
   > Wasn't Dirty Harry an irascible asshole? Isn't pretty much every   
   > character Bruce Willis ever played an irascible asshole with a sense of   
   > humor?   
      
    All of those examples are fictional characters. The rules for fictional   
   characters are different than the rules for real people. :)   
      
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   Remus Shepherd    
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