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Let me put forward another suggestion: That you are nothing more than a lucky species of ape that is trying to understand the complexities of creation via a language that evolved in order to tell one another where the ripe fruit was?

From a Pratchett short story I hadn't read before - Death and What Comes Next.

Date: 2005-08-02 07:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] djtiresias.livejournal.com
Go Prachett. I've been trying to figure out how to say that last clause "understand the complexities of creation...." for years. I'd call us ornery more than lucky, though.

Date: 2005-08-02 11:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] azalemeth.livejournal.com
Interesting...though I think that we've come a fair way since the days of fruit-grabbing. Not far. Just fair. English has probably done the same.


But onto far more important matters. Why do you want to punch a vegan? :P.

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