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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54325 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 04:28   |
 khade
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Another reason we may not have heard of him, is he is before the time of most of us, from radio and an early game show that I at least had never heard of before looking him up.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54329 is a reply to message #54301 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 08:18 |
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Cockle
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| Niknokitueu wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 02:06 |
Given how easy it is to find the truth of any fact you want, it is surprising how many people are ignorant of what is happening.
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I think it's harder than you suggest a lot of the time. Many very important areas of information depend too much on opinion. For example, just what is the best way out of a recession? There are lots of contradictory ideas about that and frankly I don't have any way of telling which one(s) are right.
Or look at reporting of events. There's lots of citizen reporting these days, and we've got access to loads of different news stations if we want them, but how do we tell who's actually a reliable source? A lot of that ends up being a matter of prejudice, (in the literal sense). So for example I'll generally assume that the BBC news is reasonably accurate, whereas anything on FOX is... less so.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54332 is a reply to message #54316 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 08:42 |
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Sir Lee
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| Diane Castle wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 06:23 | Anyone ever heard of Henry Morgan?
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Well, I had vaguely heard about the pirate, but I guess you are referring to the radio comedian. Wikipedia mentions also a judge, a Canadian merchant, a bishop, a banker, (who I might have once heard about too), a Methodist minister and a Welsh politician.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54344 is a reply to message #54332 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 14:44 |
Laudator
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| Sir Lee wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 13:42 | | Diane Castle wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 06:23 | Anyone ever heard of Henry Morgan?
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Well, I had vaguely heard about the pirate, but I guess you are referring to the radio comedian. Wikipedia mentions also a judge, a Canadian merchant, a bishop, a banker, (who I might have once heard about too), a Methodist minister and a Welsh politician.
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My first thought was the rum, named after the pirate. 
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54356 is a reply to message #54332 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 17:26 |
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Diane Castle
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| Sir Lee wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 05:42 | | Diane Castle wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 06:23 | Anyone ever heard of Henry Morgan?
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Well, I had vaguely heard about the pirate, but I guess you are referring to the radio comedian. Wikipedia mentions also a judge, a Canadian merchant, a bishop, a banker, (who I might have once heard about too), a Methodist minister and a Welsh politician.
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Yes, I was referring to the radio comedian, which is the link you have listed above.
In addition to the sponsors he lost or almost lost as listed in the Wikipedia article, he also *supposedly* lost the Oh Henry candy bars ads when he composed a lovely poem and read it on the air:
Mothers, do your children cry?
Feed them Oh Henry candy bars 'til they get sick and die.
Even today, some of the crap he pulled would get him in trouble. Back in the days before television, this was asking for trouble. He was a very intelligent, very funny man who sabotaged himself with his behaviors, and today he's virtually unknown, especially when compared with fellow radio comedians like Jack Benny or George Burns or Fred Allen.
Diane
"WHO has deactivated my BEAUTIFUL frogs?"
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54365 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 18:17 |
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Nicky82
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How does Mr Townsend/Mephisto's mediatic empire fit in the big picture?
How much does it affect the massmedias?
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54373 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 18:56 |
curiousreader
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Sorry to jump off subject but I had a not so little question flout in to my head from work.
I was serving a customer today that had a organ donor bracelet on and I thought about mutant regulations concerning blood and organ transfers.
Does the government and CDC view mutants as a medical condition, not one covered by medical insurance, but in much the same people who travel to other countries can't give blood for a certain amount of time afterwards?
Are mutants allow to become organ donors or even to give blood for medical treatment?
It was discussed at some length in the regeneration page with high and low level regens but not so much with power categories like exemplars (1-4), mages, energizers, warpers?, and even GSD cases where the bodily deformation is merely superficial.
Even someone like Circe, can she be allowed to give blood to someone for medical reason, not so good an idea for some, especially when people are hunting you.
Sorry for the lengthy piece but I saw the bracelet and my mind just rolled all over.
Thank you for the time.
Cheers.
[Updated on: Sat, 25 February 2012 18:58]
Nothing is impossible, it's just that somethings are less likely then others. -Author Unknown
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54383 is a reply to message #54373 ] |
Sat, 25 February 2012 21:40 |
Niknokitueu
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| curiousreader wrote on Sat, 25 February 2012 23:56 | Even someone like Circe, can she be allowed to give blood to someone for medical reason, not so good an idea for some, especially when people are hunting you.
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Sorry, this bit just jumped out. There is no way on earth that Circe would agree to be a blood donor. For several reasons, all linked to her being a mage, and the inherent strengths and weaknesses of her blood being a part of her.
It is common for mages to have spells in place to avoid leaving any blood or trace fluids behind them. For a dang good reason - the law of similarity. Curse a bit of blood, and you curse the person the blood is from. Bind a bit of mage's blood, and you bind the mage. Look what The Necromancer tried to do with a sample of Fey's hair...
Even if she donated blood by direct transfusion and destroyed any that was not transferred, her blood in another's body would leave that person in a similar position as her unprotected blood would.
Anyway, my take is as follows: If your mutation does not affect your blood quality, then you can presumably be a donor. Whether you would be dissuaded from giving blood is another matter.
On the other hand, if your mutation does affect your blood quality, then you should never ever even consider giving blood.
Imagine if your blood needed to hyper-oxygenate your blood. It could work like acid in another's veins. Or it could have a weird chemistry, and poison the recipient. Or any number of other odd things could happen, few of which would be good.
Have Fun!
Niknokitueu
[Updated on: Sat, 25 February 2012 21:40]
Do, or Do Not. There is no Try.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54501 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Mon, 27 February 2012 17:51 |
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Nicky82
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Personally I would think that he would sneak some of Sam's nanites into him and let them develop to monitor his activities and report to Sam (or maybe just feed pure pain stimulus to the brain as long as the Doctor lives), either that or sneaking lethal dose of radioactive isotopes (i.e. polonium) along the blood.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54542 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Tue, 28 February 2012 03:56 |
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mrudat
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I think that he'd bow to a known expert on long-term and deserving punishment, and get Jobe involved...
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54552 is a reply to message #45021 ] |
Tue, 28 February 2012 10:57 |
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Cockle
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While dear Emil is deserving of the finest treatment, I suspect that Ayla is sufficiently trope-aware not to indulge himself. If he can't get Hammond dealt with by the law, I think he'd either try to put it behind him, or just kill him, quickly and efficiently.
Remember that one of the most feared assassins out there has a very similar power-set to Phase.
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| Re: Background and Backstory [message #54570 is a reply to message #54552 ] |
Tue, 28 February 2012 17:20 |
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Nicky82
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| Cockle wrote on Tue, 28 February 2012 16:57 | While dear Emil is deserving of the finest treatment, I suspect that Ayla is sufficiently trope-aware not to indulge himself. If he can't get Hammond dealt with by the law, I think he'd either try to put it behind him, or just kill him, quickly and efficiently.
Remember that one of the most feared assassins out there has a very similar power-set to Phase.
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Tinsnip?
Nah, get Sara to do the job, she will get the job done in a way that won't leave Dr Evil a chance of ribirth, not to mention that his punishment would be litteraly eternal.
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