Posted by SLS on January 5, 2014, at 5:50:19
In reply to Re: Ahab, posted by Dr. Bob on January 5, 2014, at 2:03:09
> > > > > Ahab has one purpose: revenge on Moby Dick, a ferocious, enigmatic white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab's ship and severed his leg at the knee.
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> > Yeah, but just what in the hell was Ahab doing hunting and killing whales in the first place? You can't blame the whale for getting pissed.
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> Maybe not, but it was hardly civil for him to destroy Ahab's ship and sever his leg. Two wrongs don't make a right.I understand what you are saying, but I never asked to be a whale. Although, if I were a whale, I think being white would be pretty cool.
I see what happened.
After reviewing and pondering some of these threads last night, I came to the conclusion that my presentation could be better balanced.
- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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